Rig Veda 6.61.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 61, Mantra 7
Sukta 6.61
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Gayatri (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत स्या नः सरस्वती घोरा हिरण्यवर्तनिः । वृत्रघ्नी वष्टि सुष्टुतिम् ॥
Transliteration
uta syā naḥ sarasvatī ghorā hiraṇya-vartaniḥ | vṛtra-ghnī vaṣṭi su-stutim ||
Translation
उत सा नः सरस्वती घोरा हिरण्यवर्तनिः, वृत्रघ्नी सुष्टुतिं वष्टि गृह्णाति च।
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
स्याshe (that one)
स्या:
Kartā
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → सा (स्त्री.)
नःof us, our
नः:
Sampradāna (हित/सम्बन्ध) / सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī
सरस्वती:
Kartā (स्या … सरस्वती) सह-अधिकार
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
घोराterrible, formidable
घोरा:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्यवर्तनिःhaving a golden course/track
हिरण्यवर्तनिः:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootहिरण्य-वर्तनि (समास-प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य + वर्तनि ‘पथ/मार्ग’)
वृत्रघ्नीVṛtra-slaying
वृत्रघ्नी:
Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective/Noun (agentive epithet)
Rootवृत्र-घ्नी (समास-प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + √हन्/घ्नि ‘slayer’)
वष्टिdesires, wills
वष्टि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√वश् (वशँ/वश् ‘इच्छायाम्/कामने’)
सुष्टुतिम्good praise, well-uttered hymn
सुष्टुतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसु-ष्टुति (समास-प्रातिपदिक; सु + स्तुति ‘praise’)
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