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Rig Veda 7.6.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 6, Mantra 3

Sukta 7.6

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha-gotra tradition for Maṇḍala 7; hymn family to Agni)
Devata: Agni (also as Vaiśvānara in the surrounding verses of the hymn)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

न्यक्रतून्ग्रथिनो मृध्रवाचः पणीँरश्रद्धाँ अवृधाँ अयज्ञान् । प्रप्र तान्दस्यूँरग्निर्विवाय पूर्वश्चकारापराँ अयज्यून् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.6.3

ny àkratūn grathíno mṛdhrávācaḥ paṇī́m̐r aśraddhā́m̐ avṛdhā́m̐ ayajñā́n | prá-prá tā́n dasyū́n agnír vivāya pū́rvaś cakārā́parāṁ áyajyūn ||

Agni abat et repousse les sans-volonté, les noués de liens, les parleurs tortueux — les Paṇis sans foi, sans croissance, sans sacrifice. En avant, toujours en avant, il pourchasse les Dasyus ; les anciens, il les fait premiers, et les derniers — les non-offrants — il les rejette en arrière.

नीचक्रतून्(those) of low/mean resolve
नीचक्रतून्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-like compound used adjectivally)
Rootनीच-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक) < क्रतु
ग्रथिनःknotty, entangled, crooked
ग्रथिनः:
Kartā (appositional descriptor of the object-group)
TypeAdjective
Rootग्रथि (प्रातिपदिक)
मृध्रवाचःof hostile/perverse speech
मृध्रवाचः:
Kartā (appositional descriptor)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootमृध्र-वाच् (प्रातिपदिक; वाच् ‘speech’)
पणीन्the Paṇis (niggardly demons/hoarders)
पणीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपणि (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्रद्धान्faithless
अश्रद्धान्:
Karma (qualifier of पणीन्/दस्यून्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
अवृधान्unprospering, not thriving
अवृधान्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-वृध (प्रातिपदिक; from √वृध् ‘to grow/increase’)
अयज्ञान्non-sacrificing, without worship
अयज्ञान्:
Karma (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
प्रforth (intensifying)
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
तान्those
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दस्यून्Dasyus (hostile non-ritualists)
दस्यून्:
Karma (in apposition to तान्)
TypeNoun
Rootदस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni (Fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
विवायdrove apart, scattered
विवाय:
TypeVerb
Root√वा (वाति/वेति ‘to blow’; with वि-)
पूर्वःthe former/earlier one
पूर्वः:
Kartā (predicate/apposition to अग्निः)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
चकारmade, did
चकार:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (to do/make)
अपराम्the later (one), the subsequent (state/portion)
अपराम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअपरा (प्रातिपदिक)
अयज्यून्the non-sacrificers
अयज्यून्:
Karma (object-group)
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootअ-यज्यु (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to sacrifice’)

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