Rig Veda 6.16.18: Mandala 6, Sukta 16, Mantra 18

Sukta 6.16

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Agni (addressed as Vasu)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नहि ते पूर्तमक्षिपद्भुवन्नेमानां वसो । अथा दुवो वनवसे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.16.18

Transliteration

náhi te pūrtám akṣi-pád bhúvan nemānāṃ vaso | áthā dúvo vanavase ||

Translation

Denn deine Fülle wird unter diesen, o Vasu, nicht herabgeworfen noch geschmälert; darum trachten wir nach der Gabe deiner Gnade und deines Dienstes.

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Word by Word

• नहि: for not / indeed not
• नहि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नहि (न + हि) अव्यय

• ते: your / of you
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्तम्: merit (pūrta-offering/charitable merit)
• पूर्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पूरित/पूर्त’ < √पॄ/पूर् ‘to fill, satisfy’; ritual ‘pūrta’ = charitable/meritorious act)

• अक्षिपत्: (he) cast/overthrew
• अक्षिपत्: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षिप् (क्षिपति) ‘to throw, cast, hurl’

• भुवन्: being (one), existent
• भुवन्: कर्तृ (as apposition/epithet of the agent)
• Type: Noun/Participle
• Root: भुवन् (प्रातिपदिक; present participle of √भू ‘to be, become’)

• नेमानाम्: of these (here)
• नेमानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + न (enclitic particle) → ‘न-इमानाम्’

• वसो: O Vasu! / O bounteous one!
• वसो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक; vocative of ‘good/wealth’; also epithet ‘Vasu!’)

• अथ: then / thereafter
• अथ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• दुवः: worship / service
• दुवः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुवस्/दुवः (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic: ‘worship, service, reverence’)

• वनवसे: you seek / you strive to win
• वनवसे: क्रिया (अनुषङ्ग क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन् (वनति/वनोति) ‘to win, seek, desire, obtain’