Rig Veda 3.6.10: Mandala 3, Sukta 6, Mantra 10

Sukta 3.6

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional for RV 3.6)

Devata: Agni as Hotṛ; Heaven-and-Earth as supporting powers in imagery

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स होता यस्य रोदसी चिदुर्वी यज्ञंयज्ञमभि वृधे गृणीतः । प्राची अध्वरेव तस्थतुः सुमेके ऋतावरी ऋतजातस्य सत्ये ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.6.10

Transliteration

sá hótā yásya ródasī cid urvī́ yajñáṃ-yajñam abhí vṛdhé gṛṇītáḥ | prā́cī adhvaréva tasthátuḥ suméke ṛtā́varī ṛtajā́tasya satyé ||

Translation

هو الهوتَر (Hotṛ) الذي تُنمّيه حتى السماءُ والأرضُ الواسعتان بمديحِهما في كلِّ يَجْنَة (yajña). وكعمودين متقدّمين يقفان في الشعيرة، زوجًا جميلًا—حارسين للـṚta—مستقرَّين في حقِّ مَن وُلِدَ من الـṚta.

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Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest / invoker
• होता: Kartā
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: √हु (जुहोति) + तृच् → होतृ

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
• रोदसी: Kartā (with वृधे) / or Karma (with implied action)
• Type: Noun (dual collective)
• Root: रोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावापृथिव्यौ)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित्

• उर्वी: broad, wide
• उर्वी: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: (each) sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, over
• अभि: —
• Type: Preverb/Indeclinable
• Root: अभि

• वृधे: grows, increases
• वृधे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते)

• गृणीते: is praised / is sung
• गृणीते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गॄ (गृणाति/गृणीते ‘स्तु’)

• प्राची: eastern, forward-facing
• प्राची: Kartā (with तस्थतुः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्वरे: in the rite, in the sacrifice
• अध्वरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: as, like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तस्थतुः: the two have stood / have taken their place
• तस्थतुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• सु-मेके: as two good supports/pillars
• सु-मेके: Kartā (appositional to the dual subject)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + मेक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्तम्भ/आधार’ इत्यर्थे वैदिक)

• ऋतावरी: the two guardians/possessors of ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतावरी: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: ऋतावरी (प्रातिपदिक; ऋत + आवरी)

• ऋतजातस्य: of the ṛta-born (one)
• ऋतजातस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतजात (प्रातिपदिक; ऋत + जात)

• सत्ये: in the truth / in the true (realm)
• सत्ये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)