Rig Veda 10.107.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 107, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.107

Devata: Dakṣiṇā (as the accomplishing power that makes the seer/priest complete)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verse-level verification recommended)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तमेव ऋषिं तमु ब्रह्माणमाहुर्यज्ञन्यं सामगामुक्थशासम् । स शुक्रस्य तन्वो वेद तिस्रो यः प्रथमो दक्षिणया रराध ॥

Transliteration

tám evá ṛ́ṣiṃ tám u brahmā́ṇam āhur yajñanyàṃ sāmagā́m ukthaśā́sām | sá śukrásya tanvò veda tisró yáḥ prathamó dákṣiṇayā rarā́dha ||

Translation

ชนทั้งหลายเรียกเขานั่นเองว่า ฤษิ (ṛṣi) และเรียกเขาว่า พราหมณ์ (brahman) ผู้ควรแก่ยัญพิธี เป็นผู้ขับสาธมัน (Sāman) และเป็นผู้ชำนาญถ้อยคำดลใจ (uktha) เขารู้รูปกายทั้งสามของพลังอันเรืองรอง (śukra) — คือผู้นั้นผู้บรรลุความสำเร็จเป็นคนแรกด้วยทักษิณา (Dakṣiṇā, ทานในพิธี)

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Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• ऋषिम्: seer
• ऋषिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: and, also (emphatic particle)
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• ब्रह्माणम्: brahman-priest; sacred utterer
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• आहुः: they have said / they call
• आहुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (ब्रू/अह् ‘to say’)

• यज्ञन्यम्: worthy of sacrifice; fit for worship
• यज्ञन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञन्य

• सामगाम्: Sāman-chanter
• सामगाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामगा

• उक्थशासम्: reciter of the uktha (hymn of praise)
• उक्थशासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (agent/descriptor)
• Root: उक्थ-शास (उक्थ + √शास् ‘to recite/praise’)

• स: he
• स: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शुक्रस्य: of the bright one / of Śukra
• शुक्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शुक्र

• तन्वः: of the body, of the person
• तन्वः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू

• वेद: knows
• वेद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (to know)

• तिस्रः: three
• तिस्रः: Karma
• Type: Numeral (adjectival)
• Root: त्रि

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (य-प्रातिपदिक, सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम)

• प्रथमः: first
• प्रथमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम

• दक्षिणया: with a priestly gift (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा

• रराध: has bestowed / has granted
• रराध: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: राध् (to grant, to bestow; to make successful)