Rig Veda 10.60.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 60, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.60

Rishi: Agastya (self-referential mention strengthens attribution)

Devata: Indra (rājan; battle against Paṇis is Indraic/Angirasa complex)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अगस्त्यस्य नद्भ्यः सप्ती युनक्षि रोहिता । पणीन्न्यक्रमीरभि विश्वान्राजन्नराधसः ॥

Transliteration

agástyasya nádbhyaḥ saptī́ yunakṣi róhitā | paṇī́n ny akramīr abhí víśvān rājan arā́dhasaḥ ||

Translation

จากห้วงลึกอันเป็นของอคัสตยะ จงเทียมกำลังสีแดงทั้งเจ็ดเข้ากับแอก; โอ้ราชา จงยาตราลงเข้าประชิดพวกปณิ (Paṇi)—เหล่าผู้กักเก็บไร้ปีติทั้งปวง ผู้ปฏิเสธเครื่องบูชา.

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• अगस्त्यस्य: of Agastya
• अगस्त्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• नद्भ्यः: from the rivers
• नद्भ्यः: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: नद्/नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्ती: the team (of seven)
• सप्ती: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘team/sevenfold set’, Vedic)

• युनक्षि: you yoke / harness
• युनक्षि: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)

• रोहिता: the ruddy (mares)
• रोहिता: कर्म (apposition to सप्ती)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: रोहित (प्रातिपदिक)

• पणीन्: the Paṇis
• पणीन्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down, away (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अक्रमीः: you strode / stepped
• अक्रमीः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु)

• अभि: towards, against (as preverb)
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• विश्वान्: all
• विश्वान्: कर्म (qualifying पणीन्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अराधसः: the ungenerous ones / the non-givers
• अराधसः: कर्म (object of implied/continued action: ‘overcome/put down’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘non-gift, niggardliness’, Vedic)