Rig Veda 6.10.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 10, Mantra 4
Sukta 6.10
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional)
Devata: Agni Pāvaka
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ यः पप्रौ जायमान उर्वी दूरेदृशा भासा कृष्णाध्वा । अध बहु चित्तम ऊर्म्यायास्तिरः शोचिषा ददृशे पावकः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ yáḥ papráu jā́yamāna urvī́ dūré-dṛśā bhā́sā kṛṣṇā́dhvā | ádha bahú cit táma ūrmyā́yās tiráḥ śóciṣā dadṛśe pāvakáḥ ||
Translation
هو الذي، حين وُلِد، انبسط واسعًا على الفضاء الرحب؛ يُرى من بعيد بضيائه، فيجعل السبيل المظلم طريقًا من نور—ثم إن كثرة الظلمة أيضًا، عبر موجها، شوهد المُطهِّر (باڤاكا) بلهيبه.
Word by Word
आforth; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पप्रौhas filled; has expanded
पप्रौ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्रा (धातु) / √prā ‘to fill, swell, spread’
जायमानःbeing born; coming into being
जायमानः:
Kartā (यः…जायमानः) / agentive qualifier
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√जन् (धातु) + शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
उर्वीthe wide earth; the broad expanse
उर्वी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wide earth/expanse’
दूरेदृशाwith far-seeing (vision)
दूरेदृशा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootदूर + दृश् (प्रातिपदिक-समास; ‘far-seeing’)
भासाwith radiance; by light
भासा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभासा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘light, radiance’
कृष्णाध्वाthe dark path
कृष्णाध्वा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण + अध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक-समास; ‘black path/way’)
अधthen
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (निपात)
बहुmuch; many
बहु:
Karma (परिमाण-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्तम्the perceived/manifest (thing); the noticed (one)
चित्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त (प्रातिपदिक) ‘noticed/marked; mind’ (RV: ‘perceived/manifest’)
ऊर्म्यायाःof the wave
ऊर्म्यायाः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wave’
तिरःacross; through
तिरः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस् (अव्यय/उपपद)
शोचिषाwith flame; by splendor
शोचिषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘flame, splendor’
ददृशेappeared; was seen
ददृशे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) √dṛś ‘to see/appear’
पावकःthe purifying one (Agni)
पावकः:
Kartā (ददृशे) / subject
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपावक (प्रातिपदिक) ‘purifying, bright’ (epithet of Agni)
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