Rig Veda 2.10.6: Mandala 2, Sukta 10, Mantra 6

Sukta 2.10

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ज्ञेया भागं सहसानो वरेण त्वादूतासो मनुवद्वदेम । अनूनमग्निं जुह्वा वचस्या मधुपृचं धनसा जोहवीमि ॥

Transliteration

jñeyā́ bhāgáṃ sahasā́nō váreṇa tvā́dūtāso manu-vád vadema | anū́nam agníṃ juhvā́ vacasyā́ madhú-pṛcaṃ dhana-sā́ johavīmi ||

Translation

May the share be truly known and discerned by the force that wins the chosen good; with you as messenger we would speak in the manner of Manu. With the ladle of the word I call the unfailing Agni, honey-mingled, the giver of plenitude in the riches of being.

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Word by Word

• ज्ञेयाः: to be known; knowable
• ज्ञेयाः: Viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृ/कर्म-सम्बन्धानुसार)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञेय (कृदन्त, भाव्य/विधेय)

• भागम्: share; portion
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहसानः: mighty; powerful
• सहसानः: Kartā (विशेषण रूपेण कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक) → सहसान (कृदन्त, वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ-प्राय)

• वरेण: by choice; by boon/favor
• वरेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you (Agni)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• दूतासः: messengers
• दूतासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)

• मनुवत्: like Manu; in Manu’s manner
• मनुवत्: Adverbial (रीति/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मनु + वत् (तद्धित; अव्ययीभाव-प्राय)

• वदेम: may we speak; let us utter
• वदेम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)

• अनूनम्: not lacking; complete
• अनूनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनून (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुह्वा: with the ladle
• जुह्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जुहू (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ladle’)

• वचस्या: worthy of praise; eloquent/praiseworthy
• वचस्या: Viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक) → वचस्य (विशेषण)

• मधुपृचम्: mixed with sweetness (honeyed)
• मधुपृचम्: Viśeṣaṇa (कर्म-सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + पृच् (धातु ‘to mix’) → मधुपृच (कृदन्त/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय विशेषण)

• धनसा: with wealth; by riches
• धनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)

• जोहवीमि: I repeatedly call/invoke
• जोहवीमि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे (धातु) with intensive/reduplicated stem जोहव-