Rig Veda 6.51.3 — Mandala 6, Sukta 51, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.51

Rishi: Bharadvāja

Devata: Ādityas (Aditi, Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Bhaga)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्तुष उ वो मह ऋतस्य गोपानदितिं मित्रं वरुणं सुजातान् । अर्यमणं भगमदब्धधीतीनच्छा वोचे सधन्यः पावकान् ॥

Transliteration

stúṣa u vo mahá ṛtásya gopā́n áditiṃ mitráṃ váruṇaṃ sujātā́n | aryamáṇaṃ bhágam ádabdha-dhītīn ácchā voce sa-dhanyáḥ pāvakā́n ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าจะกล่าวสรรเสริญแด่ท่านทั้งหลาย ผู้พิทักษ์อันยิ่งใหญ่แห่งฤตะ (ṛta) คือ อทิติ (Aditi), มิตร (Mitra), วรุณะ (Varuṇa) ผู้บังเกิดดี; และอรยมัน (Aryaman) กับภคะ (Bhaga) ผู้มีความดำริไม่ถูกลวง ข้าพเจ้ากล่าวตรงต่อพลังอันชำระล้างเหล่านี้ ในฐานะผู้แสวงหาทรัพย์แท้แห่งภาวะ

Word by Word

• स्तुषे: I praise / I hymn
• स्तुषे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (स्तवते/स्तौति) अथवा √स्तु (स्तुषे)

• उ: indeed, just
• उ: (सम्बन्ध/प्रयोग-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• वः: of you / your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• महः: of the great (one/ones)
• महः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महत्

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत

• गोपान्: guardians, protectors
• गोपान्: कर्म (object of ‘I praise’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपा (गो + √पा ‘पालने’)

• अदितिम्: Aditi
• अदितिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति

• मित्रम्: Mitra
• मित्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र

• वरुणम्: Varuṇa
• वरुणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण

• सुजातान्: well-born, nobly born
• सुजातान्: कर्म (as qualifier of the praised deities)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-जात (सु + √जन् ‘जन्मनि’)

• अर्यमणम्: Aryaman
• अर्यमणम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्यमन्

• भगम्: Bhaga
• भगम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग

• अदब्धधीतीन्: whose insights are unbeguiled / of unfailing thought
• अदब्धधीतीन्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi) used substantively
• Root: अ-दब्ध-धीति (a- + √दभ् ‘हिंसायाम्/दम्भे’ → दब्ध ‘deceived/overcome’ + धीति ‘thought, insight’)

• अच्छा: towards, unto
• अच्छा: (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा

• वोचे: I have spoken / I proclaim
• वोचे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (वक्ति)

• सधन्यः: the prosperous/fortunate one (the poet)
• सधन्यः: कर्तृ (speaker/poet)
• Type: Adjective (used as noun, poet’s self-designation)
• Root: सधन्य

• पावकान्: the purifying ones / pure (gods)
• पावकान्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पावक (√पू ‘पवने/शोधने’ → पावक ‘purifying, pure’)