Ṛgveda · Maṇḍala 10 · Sūkta 60

Ṛk 10.60.8

Asamāti · Indra · A Summons Back To Life For Subandhu · Hastaḥ · 1-5, 7-12: Bandhu Gaupāyana; Śrutabandhu Gaupāyana; Subandhu Gaupāyana; Viprabandhu Gaupāyana Or Bandhu Laupāyana; Śrutabandhu Laupāyana; Subandhu Laupāyana; Viprabandhu Laupāyana; 6: Their (Four Gaupāyanas Or Laupāyanas) Mother, Agastya’s Sister

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Saṃhitā

यथा॑ यु॒गं व॑र॒त्रया॒ नह्यं॑ति ध॒रुणा॑य॒ कं ।
ए॒वा दा॑धार ते॒ मनो॑ जी॒वात॑वे॒ न मृ॒त्यवेऽथो॑ अरि॒ष्टता॑तये ॥

यथा युगं वरत्रया नह्यन्ति धरुणाय कम् |
एवा दाधार ते मनो जीवातवे न मृत्यवे ऽथो अरिष्टतातये ||

yáthā yugám varatráyā náhyanti dharúṇāya kám ǀ
evā́ dādhāra te máno jīvā́tave ná mṛtyávé’tho ariṣṭátātaye ǁ

yathā yugaṃ varatrayā nahyanti dharuṇāya kam |
evā dādhāra te mano jīvātave na mṛtyave 'tho ariṣṭatātaye ||

Padapāṭha

यथा॑ । यु॒गम् । व॒र॒त्रया॑ । नह्य॑न्ति । ध॒रुणा॑य । कम् ।
ए॒व । दा॒धा॒र॒ । ते॒ । मनः॑ । जी॒वात॑वे । न । मृ॒त्यवे॑ । अथो॒ इति॑ । अ॒रि॒ष्टऽता॑तये ॥

यथा । युगम् । वरत्रया । नह्यन्ति । धरुणाय । कम् ।
एव । दाधार । ते । मनः । जीवातवे । न । मृत्यवे । अथो इति । अरिष्टऽतातये ॥

yáthā ǀ yugám ǀ varatráyā ǀ náhyanti ǀ dharúṇāya ǀ kám ǀ
evá ǀ dādhāra ǀ te ǀ mánaḥ ǀ jīvā́tave ǀ ná ǀ mṛtyáve ǀ átho íti ǀ ariṣṭá-tātaye ǁ

yathā ǀ yugam ǀ varatrayā ǀ nahyanti ǀ dharuṇāya ǀ kam ǀ
eva ǀ dādhāra ǀ te ǀ manaḥ ǀ jīvātave ǀ na ǀ mṛtyave ǀ atho iti ǀ ariṣṭa-tātaye ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
10.060.08
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
8.1.25.02
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
10.04.164
Devatā देवता
1-4, 6: Asamāti; 5: Indra; 7-11: A Summons Back To Life For Subandhu; 12: Hastaḥ
Ṛṣi ऋषि
1-5, 7-12: Bandhu Gaupāyana; Śrutabandhu Gaupāyana; Subandhu Gaupāyana; Viprabandhu Gaupāyana Or Bandhu Laupāyana; Śrutabandhu Laupāyana; Subandhu Laupāyana; Viprabandhu Laupāyana; 6: Their (Four Gaupāyanas Or Laupāyanas) Mother, Agastya’s Sister
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī, Anuṣṭubh, Paṅkti
Svara स्वरः
पञ्चमः

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Ṛgveda 10.60.8

Interpretations

Ralph T. H. Griffith

As with the leather thong they bind the chariot yoke to hold it fast, So have I held thy spirit fast, held it for life and not for death, held it for thy security.