Rig Veda 6.16.37: Mandala 6, Sukta 16, Mantra 37

Sukta 6.16

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उप त्वा रण्वसंदृशं प्रयस्वन्तः सहस्कृत । अग्ने ससृज्महे गिरः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.16.37

Transliteration

úpa tvā raṇvásandṛśaṁ práyasvantaḥ sahaskṛta | ágne sasṛjmáhe gíraḥ ||

Translation

Zu dir, lieblich anzuschauen, nahen wir, die wir den Opfer‑Impuls darbringen, o Machtwirkender; o Agni, wir lassen unsere inspirierten Worte strömen.

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Word by Word

• उप: near, towards (prefix: ‘up/near’)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• त्वा: you (acc. sg.)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रण्वसंदृशम्: pleasant/joy-giving to behold; lovely-looking
• रण्वसंदृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रण्व-संदृश् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• प्रयस्वन्तः: possessing refreshment/offerings (rich in oblations)
• प्रयस्वन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रयस्-वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्कृत: O might-maker / O one made/formed by strength (epithet of Agni)
• सहस्कृत: —
• Type: Adjective/Vocative epithet
• Root: सहस्-कृत् (कृदन्त; कृत्-प्रत्यय)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sampradāna (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ससृज्महे: we have sent forth / we have uttered
• ससृज्महे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)

• गिरः: songs, hymns, words
• गिरः: Karma (of ‘utter’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)