Rig Veda 6.27.1 — Mandala 6, Sukta 27, Mantra 1

Sukta 6.27

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya lineage; traditional attribution for much of Maṇḍala 6)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; RV 6.27 predominantly Triṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

किमस्य मदे किम्वस्य पीताविन्द्रः किमस्य सख्ये चकार । रणा वा ये निषदि किं ते अस्य पुरा विविद्रे किमु नूतनासः ॥

Transliteration

kím asya máde kímv asya pītā́v índraḥ kím asya sakhyé cakāra | raṇā́ vā yé niṣádi kím te asya purā́ vívidre kím u nū́tanāsaḥ ||

Translation

ความลี้ลับแห่งความปีติเมามาย (mada) ของเขาคืออะไร? และการดื่มด่ำความรื่นรมย์ (pītā) ของเขาคืออะไร? ด้วยมิตรภาพ (sakhya) อินทระได้กระทำสิ่งใดสำเร็จ? เหล่าผู้นั่งชิดในศึก (niṣadi) ได้ค้นพบสิ่งใดเกี่ยวกับเขามาแต่กาลก่อน—และผู้แสวงหาใหม่ในบัดนี้ค้นพบสิ่งใดเล่า?

Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (प्रश्न-वस्तु)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मदे: in intoxication/rapture
• मदे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्

• उ: indeed/then
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• पीतौ: in the drinking (of soma)
• पीतौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (verbal noun/ppp used substantively)
• Root: पीत (ppp of √पा ‘पिबति’)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• सख्ये: in friendship
• सख्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• चकार: did/made
• चकार: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• रणा: in battle
• रणा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निषदि: in the sitting/assembly
• निषदि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: निषद् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sitting/assembly’)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

• विविद्रे: they found out/they knew
• विविद्रे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (वेद ‘to know/find’)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्

• उ: indeed/then
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• नूतनासः: the new ones (newcomers/men of later time)
• नूतनासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: नूतन (प्रातिपदिक)