Rig Veda 6.4.7 — Mandala 6, Sukta 4, Mantra 7

Sukta 6.4

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)

Devata: Agni (chosen as the most inspiring; compared via Indra/Vayu paradigms)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वां हि मन्द्रतममर्कशोकैर्ववृमहे महि नः श्रोष्यग्ने । इन्द्रं न त्वा शवसा देवता वायुं पृणन्ति राधसा नृतमाः ॥

Transliteration

tvā́ṃ hí mandrá-tamam arka-śokáir vavṛmáhe máhi naḥ śróṣy agne | índraṃ na tvā śávasā devátā vāyúṃ pṛṇanti rā́dhasā nṛ́-tamāḥ ||

Translation

For we have chosen thee, most gladdening, with mantra-flames; hear us, O Agni, for our great good. As the gods fill Indra with strength and Vayu with bounty, so do the best of men fill thee with power and fulfillment.

Word by Word

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

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• मन्द्रतमम्: most gladdening/most delightful
• मन्द्रतमम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक); तमप् (सुपरलटिव)

• अर्कशोकैः: with hymn-praises (song-and-flame-like praises)
• अर्कशोकैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क-शोक (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• ववृमहे: we have chosen / we choose
• ववृमहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘to choose, to select’

• महि: greatly, much
• महि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (अव्यय; ‘greatly’)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रोषि: hear!
• श्रोषि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु ‘to hear’

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: कर्म (उपमान-आधारः) / द्वितीया-उपमा
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शवसा: with might, by strength
• शवसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवता: the deity (divine power)
• देवता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वायुम्: Vāyu
• वायुम्: कर्म (उपमान-आधारः) / द्वितीया-उपमा
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पृणन्ति: they fill/satisfy
• पृणन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ/√पृ (पृणाति) ‘to fill, to gladden, to satisfy’

• राधसा: with bounty, with gift
• राधसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नृतमाः: the most manly/most heroic ones
• नृतमाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: नृतम- (प्रातिपदिक); तमप् (सुपरलटिव)