Rig Veda 6.16.45: Mandala 6, Sukta 16, Mantra 45
Sukta 6.16
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional attribution for RV 6.16; needs recension-specific confirmation)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; requires pada-length verification across the full sukta)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उदग्ने भारत द्युमदजस्रेण दविद्युतत् । शोचा वि भाह्यजर ॥
Transliteration
úd agne bhārata dyu-mád ájasreṇa davídyutat | śócā ví bhāhy ajara ||
Translation
انهضْ إلى العُلا، يا أغني للبهاراتا، متلألئًا ببريقٍ لا ينقطع؛ اشتعلْ وأشِعْ على مدىً واسع، يا نارًا لا تشيخ.
Word by Word
उद्up; forth
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / upasarga
Rootउद्
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि
भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata / bearer)
भारत:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/epithet (vocative)
Rootभरत (from √भृ)
द्युमत्splendid; radiant
द्युमत्:
Karaṇa (manner) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootद्युमत् (from द्युमन्)
अजस्रेणuninterruptedly; incessantly
अजस्रेण:
Karaṇa (means/manner)
TypeAdjective
Rootअजस्र
दविद्ध्युतत्has flashed forth; has shone
दविद्ध्युतत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√द्युत्
शोचाshine!; blaze!
शोचा:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√शुच्
विforth; widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / upasarga
Rootवि
भाहिshine!; beam!
भाहि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√भा
अजरO unaging one
अजर:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootअजर
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