Rig Veda 6.44.8: Mandala 6, Sukta 44, Mantra 8

Sukta 6.44

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition

Devata: Indra (in the larger hymn), with strong Ṛta/Word cosmology foregrounded in this verse

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ऋतस्य पथि वेधा अपायि श्रिये मनांसि देवासो अक्रन् । दधानो नाम महो वचोभिर्वपुर्दृशये वेन्यो व्यावः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.44.8

Transliteration

ṛtásya pathí vedhā́ apāyi śríye manā́ṃsi devā́so akran | dádhāno nā́ma mahó vácobhir vápur dṛśáye vényo vyā́vaḥ ||

Translation

ఋత మార్గంలో ఆ వేదా (విధాత) ముందుకు సాగెను; దేవులు శ్రీ (శోభ) కొరకు మనస్సులను నిర్మించారు. వచనముల ద్వారా ‘మహో’ (మహత్తు/విస్తృతి) నామాన్ని ధరించి, వాంఛనీయుడు దర్శనార్థం తన రూపాన్ని విస్తరించాడు.

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• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order / truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक) < √ऋ (गतौ/ऋ- ‘to go, to fit’; ‘cosmic order, truth’)

• पथि: on/in the path
• पथि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘path, way’

• वेधाः: the wise/ordainer (seer)
• वेधाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस्/वेधा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wise one, ordainer, seer’

• अपायि: was driven away / went away
• अपायि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (गतौ/रक्षणे) with preverb अप-; passive aorist

• श्रिये: for prosperity / for splendour
• श्रिये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) ‘splendour, prosperity’

• मनांसि: minds / thoughts
• मनांसि: कर्म (with अक्रन्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘mind, thought’

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) ‘god, deity’

• अक्रन्: made / fashioned
• अक्रन्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करणे) ‘to make, do’

• दधानः: placing / bearing
• दधानः: कर्तृ (participial, agreeing with implied subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे) ‘to place, hold’ (present participle)

• नाम: the name
• नाम: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘name’

• महो: of the great (one) / great
• महो: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘great’

• वचोभिः: with words / by utterances
• वचोभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘word, utterance’

• वपुः: form / beauty
• वपुः: कर्म (with implied ‘to show/manifest’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘form, beauty, body’

• दृशये: for seeing / to be seen
• दृशये: प्रयोजन (dative of purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दर्शन) ‘to see’; infinitival dative (वैदिक)

• वेन्यः: desirable / lovely
• वेन्यः: विशेषण (of implied subject, e.g., Indra/Agni depending on hymn context)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेन्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘lovely, desirable, to be sought’

• व्यावः: the wide-expanding one (epithet)
• व्यावः: कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-प्राय (epithet in apposition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: व्याव (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic epithet, ‘wide-shining/expansive’, from vi-√अव/√वा semantic field ‘to spread, to weave/cover’; traditional as an epithet)