Rig Veda 1.117.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 117, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.117

Rishi: Kakṣīvat Dairghatamasa (self-reference in verse)

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तद्वां नरा शंस्यं पज्रियेण कक्षीवता नासत्या परिज्मन् । शफादश्वस्य वाजिनो जनाय शतं कुम्भाँ असिञ्चतं मधूनाम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.117.6

Transliteration

tád vām narā́ śáṃsyaṃ pajriyéṇa kakṣī́vatā nāsatyā párijman | śaphā́d aśvásya vājíno jánāya śatáṃ kumbhā́m̐ asiñcataṃ mádhūnām ||

Translation

กิจอันนี้ของท่านทั้งสอง พึงให้กักษีวัต (Kakṣīvat) แห่งปัชริยะ (Pajriya) ประกาศสรรเสริญเถิด โอ นาสัตยะ (Nāsatyā)! จากกีบม้าอันทรงพลังและรวดเร็ว ท่านได้หลั่งน้ำผึ้งอันหวานหอมลงสู่หม้อร้อยใบเพื่อมนุษย์.

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• तत्: that (deed/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• नरा: O two men (Aśvins)
• नरा: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• शंस्यम्: praiseworthy
• शंस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंस्य (शंस् √शंस् ‘to praise’ + य, कृत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• पज्रियेण: by/with Pajri (the Pajri-descended)
• पज्रियेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पज्रि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पज्रि’ = a patronym/epithet, here of Kakṣīvat)

• कक्षीवता: by Kakṣīvat
• कक्षीवता: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कक्षीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि-नाम)

• नासत्या: O Nāsatyas
• नासत्या: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; Aśvin-epithet)

• परिज्मन्: in the circuit/round (on the course)
• परिज्मन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: परिज्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘circuit/round, course’; also used adverbially)

• शफात्: from the hoof
• शफात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शफ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्वस्य: of a horse
• अश्वस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनः: of the swift/strong (steed)
• वाजिनः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective (substantival)
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनाय: for the people
• जनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• कुम्भान्: jars/pots
• कुम्भान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)

• असिञ्चतम्: you two poured
• असिञ्चतम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिच् (सिञ्चति ‘to pour’)

• मधूनाम्: of honey/sweet drink
• मधूनाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)