Rig Veda 6.60.10 - Mandala 6, Sukta 60, Mantra 10

Rig Veda 6.60.10: Mandala 6, Sukta 60, Mantra 10

Sukta 6.60

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Agni (explicitly foregrounded though within Indrāgnī hymn sequence)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तमीळिष्व यो अर्चिषा वना विश्वा परिष्वजत् । कृष्णा कृणोति जिह्वया ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.60.10

Transliteration

tám īḷiṣva yó arcíṣā vánā víśvā pariṣvájat | kṛṣṇā́ kṛṇóti jihváyā ||

Translation

उस भगवान की स्तुति करो जो आग के सारे जंगल को अपनी रोशनी में ले लेता है। उसकी जीभ से अंधेरा चमक उठता है, काम साफ हो जाता है।

Word by Word

तम्him / that (one)

ईळिष्वpraise! / invoke!

यःwho

अर्चिषाwith flame / with radiance

वनानिwoods / fuel (logs)

विश्वानिall

परिष्वजत्embraced / enfolded

कृष्णानिblack (forms/colours)

कृणोतिmakes / turns

जिह्वयाwith (his) tongue

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