Rig Veda 1.17.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 17, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.17
Rishi: Kakṣīvant Dairghatamasa (traditionally for RV 1.17)
Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तयोरिदवसा वयं सनेम नि च धीमहि । स्यादुत प्ररेचनम् ॥
Transliteration
táyor íd avásā vayáṃ sanéma ní ca dhīmahi | syād utá pra-récanam ||
Translation
ด้วยความเกื้อหนุนของสองพระองค์นั้นเท่านั้น ขอให้เราชนะได้; และขอให้เราตั้งความคิดไว้ภายในอย่างมั่นคง. และขอให้มีความเพิ่มพูนที่ไหลรุดหน้า—ความบริบูรณ์เอ่อล้นในภาวะของเรา.
Word by Word
तयोःof those two
तयोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation: ‘of those two’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तयोः
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
अवसाby (their) help
अवसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक) ‘help, aid’
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → वयम्
सनेमmay we win/obtain
सनेम:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सन् (to gain, win) / Vedic: ‘to obtain’
निdown, in; (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
धीमहिwe place/establish (set down)
धीमहि:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (to place, set) with preverb नि → निधा ‘to lay down, establish’; Vedic also ‘to fix (thought)’
स्यात्may it be
स्यात्:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (to be)
उतand also, moreover
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
प्ररेचनम्a bountiful outpouring / bestowal
प्ररेचनम्:
कर्तृ/कर्म (contextual: ‘may there be (as) a bounty’)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-√रिच् (to empty out, pour forth; to bestow) → प्ररेचन (नपुंसक प्रातिपदिक) ‘outpouring, bestowal, bounty’
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