Rig Veda 10.6.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 6, Mantra 1
Sukta 10.6
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयं स यस्य शर्मन्नवोभिरग्नेरेधते जरिताभिष्टौ । ज्येष्ठेभिर्यो भानुभिॠषूणां पर्येति परिवीतो विभावा ॥
Transliteration
ayáṃ sá yásya śármann ávobhir agnér édhaté jaritā́bhiṣṭau | jyéṣṭhebhir yó bhānúbhir ṛṣūṇā́ṃ páryeti párivīto vibhā́vā ||
Translation
これぞその御方。その庇護のもと、その守護の力によって、歌い手はアグニ（Agni）への望まれた供犠において栄える。光輝き、周囲を包み、最も古き光線をもってリシ（ṛṣi）たちの間を巡る――遍く照らす火よ。
Word by Word
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शर्मन्shelter, protection
शर्मन्:
Karma (object of ‘find/obtain’ implied) / Adhikaraṇa (as ‘in protection’ by sense)
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अवोभिःwith helps, with favors
अवोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
एधतेgrows, prospers, is kindled
एधते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootएध् (धातु)
जरिताthe singer, praiser
जरिता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; कर्तृ-नाम)
अभिष्टौin/at the invocation (praise)
अभिष्टौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअभिष्टु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘invocation/praise’)
ज्येष्ठेभिःwith the eldest/foremost (ones)
ज्येष्ठेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भानुभिःwith beams, with rays
भानुभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभानु (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषूणाम्of the seers
ऋषूणाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषु (प्रातिपदिक)
परिaround
परि:
Upasarga/Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
एतिgoes
एति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
परिaround
परि:
Upasarga/Adverbial
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वीतःsurrounded, encompassed
वीतः:
Kartā (as predicate of ‘यः’) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootवि + इ (धातु) → वीत (कृदन्त; PPP)
विभावाall-shining, radiant
विभावा:
Kartā (apposition to ‘यः’) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootवि + भा (धातु) → विभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
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