Rig Veda 6.63.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 63, Mantra 2
Sukta 6.63
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अरं मे गन्तं हवनायास्मै गृणाना यथा पिबाथो अन्धः । परि ह त्यद्वर्तिर्याथो रिषो न यत्परो नान्तरस्तुतुर्यात् ॥
Transliteration
áraṃ me gántam hávanāyā́smai gṛṇānā́ yáthā píbātho ándhaḥ | pári ha tyád vartír yā́tho riṣó ná yát páro nā́ntaras tuturyā́t ||
Translation
अरं मे गच्छतं हवनाय—अस्मै गृणानाय यथा पिबथोऽन्धः। परि हि तद् वर्तिं यातो रिषो न रक्षार्थं—यत् परो न, नान्तरः, स्तुतुर्यात्।
Word by Word
अरम्duly, fittingly, readily
अरम्:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअरम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / PIE *h₂er- (fit, proper) (etym.)
मेfor me / to me
मे:
Sampradāna (beneficiary)/Possessor
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
गन्तम्come, go (you two)
गन्तम्:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb (imperative form) / verbal adjective used as injunctive
Rootगम् (धातु) → गन्तृ/गन्त (कृदन्त) आधार
हवनायfor the invocation, for the call of offering
हवनाय:
Sampradāna (purpose/for the invocation)
TypeNoun
Rootहवन (√हु ‘to pour/offer’ → हवन ‘invocation/oblation-call’)
अस्मैto this (one), to him/this
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (प्रonominal stem)
गृणानाpraising, singing
गृणाना:
Kartā (implicit: the singer/utterance) / Adverbial (manner)
TypeParticiple
Root√गॄ/गृ (to sing, praise) → गृणान (present participle)
यथाso that, as
यथा:
Adverbial (comparison/condition)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
पिबाथोyou two drink
पिबाथो:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पा (to drink)
अन्धःthe soma-juice
अन्धः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (soma-juice, pressed drink)
परिaround, all about
परि:
Adverbial (direction/around)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हindeed, surely
ह:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
त्यत्that (yonder)
त्यत्:
Karma/Adhikaraṇa (with following noun as apposition)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (deictic: ‘that yonder’)
वर्तिःthe course, track, path
वर्तिः:
Kartā (of ‘go/ride’ implied) / Apposition
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ति (track, course, path) < √वृत्/वर्त् (to turn, proceed)
याथोyou two go, you two travel
याथो:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√या (to go)
रिषःof harm; from injury
रिषः:
Apādāna (avoidance: ‘from harm’) / Genitive of separation
TypeNoun
Rootरिष्/रिषस् (harm, injury) < √रिष् (to hurt)
नlike, as
न:
Adverbial (comparison)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
यत्which, that which
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa/Connector (relative)
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद्
परोfarther, beyond
परो:
Adhikaraṇa (spatial)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (farther, beyond)
नnot
न:
Negation
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
अन्तरःinner, in-between
अन्तरः:
Adhikaraṇa (spatial)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्तर (inside, between)
स्तुतुर्यात्may (he/it) praise; may there be praise
स्तुतुर्यात्:
(मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (to praise) + desiderative/iterative nuance in Vedic; finite form
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