Rig Veda 6.57.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 57, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.57

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)

Devata: Indra with Pūṣan as companion

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदिन्द्रो अनयद्रितो महीरपो वृषन्तमः । तत्र पूषाभवत्सचा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.57.4

Transliteration

yád índro ánayad rító mahī́r apó vṛ́ṣantamaḥ | tátra pūṣā́bhavat sácā ||

Translation

When Indra, most puissant in the outpouring, led forth the vast waters by the law of Truth (R̥ta), there Pūṣan was with him—companioning the movement, guiding it into right courses within the being.

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Word by Word

• यत्: when; when(ever)
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa (काल/प्रसङ्ग-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा अव्यय-सम्बन्धक

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

• अनयत्: led; guided; brought along
• अनयत्: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) < नयति; उपसर्ग: अनु-

• रितः: Rita (as a name/epithet); the ‘streaming/flowing one’ (Vedic epithet)
• रितः: Kartā (इन्द्रः के साथ समनाधिकरण/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धारा/प्रवाह/गति’ से सम्बन्धित; RV-प्रयोग)

• महीः: great; mighty
• महीः: Karma (अपः का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मह्’ से ‘महान्/महती’)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्/आप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषन्तमः: most bull-like; most mighty; best showerer
• वृषन्तमः: Kartā (इन्द्रः का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृष्’ = वर्षति/सेचति, ‘bull; showering’) + तमप् (सुपरलटिव)

• तत्र: there; in that situation
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिक से)

• पूषा: Pūṣan
• पूषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवत्: was; became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (सहायक/मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• सचा: together; in company (with)
• सचा: Karaṇa/सहचर्य (सह-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सच्/सच (अव्यय; ‘सह/समम्’ अर्थे)