Rig Veda 6.57.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 57, Mantra 3
Sukta 6.57
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) (traditional attribution for Mandala 6)
Devata: Pūṣan with Indra in the background (shared action of guidance + victory over obstruction)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for this section; requires full hymn metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अजा अन्यस्य वह्नयो हरी अन्यस्य सम्भृता । ताभ्यां वृत्राणि जिघ्नते ॥
Transliteration
ajā́ anyásya váhnayo hárī anyásya sámbhṛtā | tā́bhyāṃ vṛtrā́ṇi jighnate ||
Translation
अजा अन्यस्य वह्नयः, हरी अन्यस्य सम्भृतौ; ताभ्यां वृत्राणि जिघ्नते—अन्तः सत्यस्य प्रसाराय पन्थाः विशुद्ध्यति।
Word by Word
अजाthe she-goat (Ajā)
अजा:
कर्तृ (समुच्चित कर्तृ-समूह का सदस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक) / अज् (धातु ‘चलने/गमने’ से निष्पन्न)
अन्यस्यof the other
अन्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of’)
TypeAdjective (pronominal)
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
वह्नयःbearers / carriers (vahnis)
वह्नयः:
कर्तृ (समुच्चित कर्तृ-समूह का सदस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
हरीthe two bay steeds (Harī)
हरी:
कर्तृ (समुच्चित कर्तृ-समूह का सदस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्यस्यof the other
अन्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of’)
TypeAdjective (pronominal)
Rootअन्य (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्भृताःcollected / furnished / equipped
सम्भृताः:
कर्तृ (समुच्चित कर्तृ-समूह का सदस्य; ‘being furnished/collected’)
TypeParticiple (past passive) used adjectivally
Rootसम्-√भृ (धातु भृ ‘धारण/भरण’), क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक: सम्भृत
ताभ्याम्by/with those two
ताभ्याम्:
करण (instrumental: ‘by/with those two’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्राणिobstacles / Vr̥tras (foes)
वृत्राणि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
जिघ्नतेthey smite / slay
जिघ्नते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (धातु ‘हनने’), (अभ्यास-रूप) जिघ्न-
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