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Rig Veda 6.44.8: Mandala 6, Sukta 44, Mantra 8

Sukta 6.44

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition
Devata: Indra (in the larger hymn), with strong Ṛta/Word cosmology foregrounded in this verse
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in edition)

ऋतस्य पथि वेधा अपायि श्रिये मनांसि देवासो अक्रन् । दधानो नाम महो वचोभिर्वपुर्दृशये वेन्यो व्यावः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.44.8

ṛtásya pathí vedhā́ apāyi śríye manā́ṃsi devā́so akran | dádhāno nā́ma mahó vácobhir vápur dṛśáye vényo vyā́vaḥ ||

Trên con đường của Ṛta (trật tự chân chính vũ trụ), bậc trí tuệ—đấng sắp đặt—đã tiến bước; các Deva đã tạo nên những tâm trí vì vinh quang rực sáng. Mang Danh của Đấng Vĩ Đại bằng lời, Đấng đáng ước vọng đã mở rộng hình thể mình để được chiêm kiến.

ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order / truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक) < √ऋ (गतौ/ऋ- ‘to go, to fit’; ‘cosmic order, truth’)
पथिon/in the path
पथि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootपथ् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘path, way’
वेधाःthe wise/ordainer (seer)
वेधाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस्/वेधा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wise one, ordainer, seer’
अपायिwas driven away / went away
अपायि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पा (गतौ/रक्षणे) with preverb अप-; passive aorist
श्रियेfor prosperity / for splendour
श्रिये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (प्रातिपदिक) ‘splendour, prosperity’
मनांसिminds / thoughts
मनांसि:
कर्म (with अक्रन्)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘mind, thought’
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) ‘god, deity’
अक्रन्made / fashioned
अक्रन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे) ‘to make, do’
दधानःplacing / bearing
दधानः:
कर्तृ (participial, agreeing with implied subject)
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे) ‘to place, hold’ (present participle)
नामthe name
नाम:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘name’
महोof the great (one) / great
महो:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘great’
वचोभिःwith words / by utterances
वचोभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘word, utterance’
वपुःform / beauty
वपुः:
कर्म (with implied ‘to show/manifest’)
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘form, beauty, body’
दृशयेfor seeing / to be seen
दृशये:
प्रयोजन (dative of purpose)
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (दर्शन) ‘to see’; infinitival dative (वैदिक)
वेन्यःdesirable / lovely
वेन्यः:
विशेषण (of implied subject, e.g., Indra/Agni depending on hymn context)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेन्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘lovely, desirable, to be sought’
व्यावःthe wide-expanding one (epithet)
व्यावः:
कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-प्राय (epithet in apposition)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootव्याव (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic epithet, ‘wide-shining/expansive’, from vi-√अव/√वा semantic field ‘to spread, to weave/cover’; traditional as an epithet)

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