Rig Veda 6.27.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 27, Mantra 2

Sukta 6.27

Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सदस्य मदे सद्वस्य पीताविन्द्रः सदस्य सख्ये चकार । रणा वा ये निषदि सत्ते अस्य पुरा विविद्रे सदु नूतनासः ॥

Transliteration

sád asya máde sádv asya pītā́v índraḥ sád asya sakhyé cakāra | raṇā́ vā yé niṣádi sát te asya purā́ vívidre sádu nū́tanāsaḥ ||

Translation

True is his ecstasy, true his drinking of the delight; true is what Indra has fashioned by friendship. True is what those who sit close in the battle found of him from of old—true too what the new seekers find now.

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• सदस्य: of the assembly / of the session
• सदस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सभा/सदस्’)

• मदे: in exhilaration / in intoxication
• मदे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मद/हर्ष/मत्तता’)

• सद्वस्य: of the good/true one
• सद्वस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सद्वस्’ = good/true, or ‘good one’)

• पीतौ: at the drinking / in the (soma-)drinking
• पीतौ: अधिकरण
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीत (कृदन्त, भूतकृत्/कर्मणि) ‘drunk’

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदस्य: of the assembly
• सदस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सख्ये: in friendship / in alliance
• सख्ये: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘friendship, alliance’)

• चकार: has made / established
• चकार: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• रणा: battle / in battle
• रणा: अधिकरण/विषय (context: in battle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘battle, contest’)

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

• ये: who
• ये: कर्तृ (relative pronoun)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• निषदि: in the sitting/session
• निषदि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (action-noun)
• Root: नि + सद् (धातु) → निषद्/निषद् (कृदन्त/नाम; ‘sitting down, session’)

• सत्ते: the two true ones / the two beings
• सत्ते: कर्म/विषय (as ‘the two true ones’ / ‘the two beings’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘being, existent’; or ‘sat’ as ‘true’)

• अस्य: of him / of this (one)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)

• पुरा: formerly / before
• पुरा: अधिकरण (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)

• विविद्रे: they have found / they have come to know
• विविद्रे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु ‘to know/find’) + वि

• सत्: the true (thing) / what is real
• सत्: कर्म/विषय
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘true, real’)

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

• नूतनासः: the new ones / the later (men)
• नूतनासः: कर्तृ (apposition to ‘ये’)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: नूतन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘new, fresh’)