Rig Veda 6.16.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 16, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.16

Rishi: Bharadvāja (with Bharata as referenced lineage/performer in the verse)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वामीळे अध द्विता भरतो वाजिभिः शुनम् । ईजे यज्ञेषु यज्ञियम् ॥

Transliteration

tvā́m īḷe ádha dvitā́ bhárato vājíbhiḥ śunám | ī́je yajñéṣu yajñíyam ||

Translation

মই তোমাক পুনৰ পুনৰ স্তৱ কৰোঁ। ভৰত, বাজিক শক্তিসমূহেৰে শুবন—মঙ্গলময় সুখ—অন্বেষণ কৰে। যজ্ঞসমূহত যজ্ঞিয়—যজ্ঞযোগ্যজনক—পূজা কৰে।

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Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you (as object)
• त्वाम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईळे: I praise / I invoke
• ईळे: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईळ् (धातु; स्तुति/आह्वानार्थ)

• अध: then, now, further
• अध: सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (निपात)

• द्विता: a second time; again
• द्विता: सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → द्विता (अव्यय)

• भरतः: Bharata (the Bharata)
• भरतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper/tribal name)
• Root: भरत (प्रातिपदिक; जन/व्यक्ति-नाम)

• वाजिभिः: with prize-winning (steeds); with racers
• वाजिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुनम्: happily; prosperously; well
• शुनम्: सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शुनम् (अव्यय; ‘कल्याणम्/सुखम्’)

• ईजे: he has worshipped / he performed sacrifice
• ईजे: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु; यज्ञ/पूजा-अर्थ)

• यज्ञेषु: in sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञियम्: the worship-worthy one; the sacrificial (deity)
• यज्ञियम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘यज्ञ-योग्य/यज्ञ-सम्बद्ध’)