Rig Veda 5.86.6: Mandala 5, Sukta 86, Mantra 6

Sukta 5.86

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (Indrāgnī hymns in Maṇḍala 5 are within Atri collection)

Devata: Indra-Agni (dual)

Chandas: Jagati (likely; long cadence and repeated pāda suggest jagatī—needs syllable verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एवेन्द्राग्निभ्यामहावि हव्यं शूष्यं घृतं न पूतमद्रिभिः । ता सूरिषु श्रवो बृहद्रयिं गृणत्सु दिधृतमिषं गृणत्सु दिधृतम् ॥

Transliteration

evéndrāgní-bhyām áhāvi havyaṃ śū́ṣyaṃ ghṛtáṃ na pūtám ádri-bhiḥ | tā sūríṣu śrávo bṛhád rayíṃ gṛṇát-su didhṛtám íṣaṃ gṛṇát-su didhṛtám ||

Translation

এইদৰে ইন্দ্ৰ-অগ্নিৰ বাবে হৱ্য অৰ্পিত হ’ল—ঘৃতৰ দৰে, আদ্ৰিভিঃ (পেষণ-শিলাৰে) শোধিত মধুৰতা; পক্ব হ’বলৈ ধাৱমান এক শক্তি। সেই দুজন সূৰিষু (আলোকিত নেতা)সকলৰ মাজত মহান শ্ৰৱঃ (খ্যাতি) আৰু ব্ৰহৎ ৰয়ি (সমৃদ্ধি) স্থাপন কৰক; গৃণত্সু (স্তোত্ৰকাৰ)সকলৰ মাজত ইষ (পোষণ-প্ৰেৰণা) ধৰি ৰাখক—ধৰি ৰাখক।

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• एव: indeed, just, thus
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• इन्द्राग्निभ्याम्: to/for Indra and Agni
• इन्द्राग्निभ्याम्: Sampradāna (recipient) / Adhikaraṇa (addressed-to) (in sense of ‘to/for Indra-Agni’)
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि

• अहावि: has been invoked / I invoked
• अहावि: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वा (ह्वयति) / Vedic aorist of √हू

• हव्यम्: the oblation, offering
• हव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (from √हू ‘to call/invoke’ → ‘oblation to be offered’)

• शूष्यम्: to be pressed; (Soma-)pressing-worthy
• शूष्यम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शूष्य (adj. ‘to be pressed/expressed’; esp. Soma-juice) (from √शुष/√शूष in Vedic usage)

• घृतम्: ghee, clarified butter
• घृतम्: Karma (apposition/parallel to हव्यम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत

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

• पूतम्: purified
• पूतम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: पूत (ppp. of √पू ‘to purify’)

• अद्रिभिः: with stones (press-stones)
• अद्रिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि

• ता: those two (they two)
• ता: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• सूरिषु: among the patrons/benefactors (sūris)
• सूरिषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि

• श्रवः: fame, renown
• श्रवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस्

• बृहत्: great
• बृहत्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत्

• रयिम्: wealth
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि

• गृणत्सु: among those who praise
• गृणत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Participle (present act.)
• Root: √गॄ/गृ (present participle stem गृणत् ‘praising’)

• दिधृतम्: bestowed, set in place
• दिधृतम्: Karma (as qualifier: ‘bestowed/established’)
• Type: Verbal adjective (kṛdanta)
• Root: √धृ (reduplicated perfect/PPP-like form in Vedic: ‘set/placed/established’)

• इषम्: refreshment, nourishment, vigor
• इषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा

• गृणत्सु: among the praisers
• गृणत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Participle (present act.)
• Root: √गॄ/गृ (present participle stem गृणत्)

• दिधृतम्: bestowed, established
• दिधृतम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Verbal adjective (kṛdanta)
• Root: √धृ