Rig Veda 6.45.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 45, Mantra 7
Sukta 6.45
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional attribution for RV 6.45)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; hymn RV 6.45 predominantly Triṣṭubh—verify pada count per verse in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ब्रह्माणं ब्रह्मवाहसं गीर्भिः सखायमृग्मियम् । गां न दोहसे हुवे ॥
Transliteration
bráhmāṇaṃ bráhmavāhasaṃ gīrbhíḥ sákhāyam ṛgmíyam | gā́m ná dohásé huvē ||
Translation
اپنے منتر کلام سے میں اس برہمن بردار طاقت کو پکارتا ہوں، جو ستوتروں میں دولت مند دوست ہے؛ میں اسے اس طرح پکارتا ہوں جیسے گائے کا دودھ نکالا جاتا ہے, تاکہ علم کی پوشیدہ کرنیں بہہ نکلیں۔
Word by Word
ब्र॒ह्माणम्the sacred formulation / hymn (brahman)
ब्र॒ह्माणम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्म॑वाहसम्brahman-bearing / carrying the sacred word
ब्रह्म॑वाहसम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootब्रह्म-वाहस (समास; वाहस < √वह् ‘to carry’)
गी॒र्भिःwith hymns / with songs of praise
गी॒र्भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगीर् (स्त्री; ‘song, hymn, praise’)
सखा॑यम्the friend
सखा॑यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (पुं; ‘friend’)
ऋ॒ग्मिय॑म्hymn-worthy / praised with ṛks
ऋ॒ग्मिय॑म्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootऋग्मिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worthy of ṛc/Ṛg, hymn-worthy’)
गाम्the cow
गाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगो (स्त्री; ‘cow’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
दो॒हसे॑for milking
दो॒हसे॑:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (purpose-dative)
Rootदोहस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘milking’ / ‘act of milking’)
हुवेI invoke / I call
हुवे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते; ‘to call, invoke’)
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