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

Steig empor, o Agni der Bharatas, lichtvoll in ungebrochener Strahlkraft; lodere auf und leuchte weithin, o unalternder Feuerbrand.

Word by Word

• उद्: up; forth
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / upasarga
• Root: उद्

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata / bearer)
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/epithet (vocative)
• Root: भरत (from √भृ)

• द्युमत्: splendid; radiant
• द्युमत्: Karaṇa (manner) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युमत् (from द्युमन्)

• अजस्रेण: uninterruptedly; incessantly
• अजस्रेण: Karaṇa (means/manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजस्र

• दविद्ध्युतत्: has flashed forth; has shone
• दविद्ध्युतत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √द्युत्

• शोचा: shine!; blaze!
• शोचा: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुच्

• वि: forth; widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / upasarga
• Root: वि

• भाहि: shine!; beam!
• भाहि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा

• अजर: O unaging one
• अजर: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: अजर