Rig Veda 6.63.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 63, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.63

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā) — the twin Divine Horsemen, powers of swift help and harmonizing action

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अकारि वामन्धसो वरीमन्नस्तारि बर्हिः सुप्रायणतमम् । उत्तानहस्तो युवयुर्ववन्दा वां नक्षन्तो अद्रय आञ्जन् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.63.3

Transliteration

akā́ri vām ándhaso várīmann ástāri barhíḥ suprāyaṇátamam | uttānáhasto yuvayúrvavandā́ vāṃ nákṣanto ádraya āñjan ||

Translation

For you two, the wide-flowing ecstasy (Soma-delight) has been prepared; the sacred seat of offering has been spread, most fit for your auspicious coming. With hands uplifted the soul that seeks union has bowed to you; and the pressing-stones, reaching you, anoint and quicken the delight.

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Word by Word

• अकारि: was made / has been done
• अकारि: — (impersonal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (करोति)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (युवाम्)

• अन्धसः: of the soma-juice / of the pressed drink
• अन्धसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस्

• वरीमन्: a wide space / broad room
• वरीमन्: Karma (thing made/prepared)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरीमन्

• अस्तारि: was spread
• अस्तारि: — (impersonal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तृ (स्तृणाति)

• बर्हिः: the sacrificial grass (barhis)
• बर्हिः: Karma (thing spread)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस्

• सुप्रायणतमम्: most conducive to good approach / best for the coming
• सुप्रायणतमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (of बर्हिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-प्रायण-तम (प्रायण < √या)

• उत्तानहस्तः: (the priest) with outstretched hands
• उत्तानहस्तः: Kartā (agent of ववन्द)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उत्तान-हस्त

• युवयुः: the youthful one / young man (worshipper)
• युवयुः: Kartā (apposition to उत्तानहस्तः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवयु

• ववन्द: has praised / has worshipped
• ववन्द: Kartā (uttānahastaḥ…yuvayuḥ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन्द् (वन्दते)

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: Karma (object of ववन्द)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (युवाम्)

• नक्षन्तः: reaching / attaining
• नक्षन्तः: Kartā (of आञ्जन्)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √नश् (नश्नोति/नक्षति)

• अद्रयः: the pressing-stones
• अद्रयः: Kartā (apposition to नक्षन्तः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि

• आञ्जन्: anointed / smeared (i.e., prepared/pressed)
• आञ्जन्: Kartā (अद्रयः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अञ्ज् (अञ्जति)