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Rig Veda 2.16.6: Mandala 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 6

Sukta 2.16

Rishi: Gṛtsamada Bhārgava
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify with Anukramaṇī)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वृषा ते वज्र उत ते वृषा रथो वृषणा हरी वृषभाण्यायुधा । वृष्णो मदस्य वृषभ त्वमीशिष इन्द्र सोमस्य वृषभस्य तृप्णुहि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 2.16.6
Transliteration

vṛ́ṣā te vájra utá te vṛ́ṣā rátho vṛ́ṣaṇā hárī vṛṣabhā́ṇy ā́yudhā | vṛ́ṣṇo mádasya vṛṣabha tvám ī́śiṣe índra sómasya vṛṣabhásya tṛpṇuhi ||

Translation

วัชระ (สายฟ้า/คทา) ของท่านเป็นดุจโคผู้ และรถศึกของท่านก็เป็นดุจโคผู้ ม้าคู่ฮารีก็เป็นดุจโคผู้ และอาวุธของท่านก็ทรงพลังดุจโคผู้ โอ้โคผู้ ท่านทรงครอบครองความปีติเมามาย (มทะ) แห่งผู้ทรงพลัง อินทราเอ๋ย จงอิ่มเอมด้วยโสมะอันดุจโคผู้เถิด

Word by Word
वृषाa bull; mighty (one)
वृषा:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृष् (वर्षणे/वृषणे) बलवृष्ट्योः
तेof you/thy
ते:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रःthe thunderbolt
वज्रः:
Kartā (नामपद) / Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
तेof you/thy
ते:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
वृषाbull-like; mighty
वृषा:
Kartā (विशेषण) / Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् < √वृष्
रथःchariot
रथः:
Kartā (नामपद)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषणाthe two vigorous/strong (ones)
वृषणा:
Kartā (विशेषण) / Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषण (प्रातिपदिक)
हरीthe two bay steeds (Indra’s horses)
हरी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषभाणिbull-like (strong) points/edges (i.e., powerful)
वृषभाणि:
Kartā (नामपद) / Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक) + अणि (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक; ‘face/edge/point’), समास
आयुधाweapons
आयुधा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
वृष्णःof the bull/strong one
वृष्णः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मदस्यof exhilaration; of intoxication
मदस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषभO bull! (O mighty one!)
वृषभ:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative) / Adjective
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
ईशिषेyou rule; you are master
ईशिषे:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ईश् (ऐश्वर्ये ‘to rule, be master’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषभस्यof the bull; of the mighty (one)
वृषभस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
तृप्णुहिbe satisfied; take your fill
तृप्णुहि:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तृप् (तृप्तौ ‘to be satisfied’)
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