Rig Veda 10.6.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 6, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.6
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अधा ह्यग्ने मह्ना निषद्या सद्यो जज्ञानो हव्यो बभूथ । तं ते देवासो अनु केतमायन्नधावर्धन्त प्रथमास ऊमाः ॥
Transliteration
adhā́ hí agne mahnā́ niṣádya sadyó jajñānó hávyo babhū́tha | táṃ te devā́so ánu kétaṃ ā́yann ádhā́vardhanta prathamā́sa ū́māḥ ||
Translation
まことに、アグニよ、汝はその偉力により坐し、ただちに生まれて、たちまち供物として捧げらるべき者となり給うた。神々は汝の徴（しるし）に従い行き、そして最初の力（ウーマー）――原初の衝動が汝を増し育てた。
Word by Word
अधाthen, thereafter
अधा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधा (avyaya)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (avyaya)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
मह्नाby (your) greatness, through might
मह्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (abstract/instrumental of ‘greatness’)
Rootमहत् (प्रा. मह्न्/महन्-)
निषद्यhaving sat down, having taken seat
निषद्य:
—
TypeVerb (absolutive/gerund)
Rootनि-√सद्
सद्यःimmediately, at once
सद्यः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (avyaya)
जज्ञानःbeing born, having been born
जज्ञानः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√जन्
हव्यःworthy of oblation; the oblation-bearer
हव्यः:
Kartā (predicate/epithet of Agni)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootहव्य
बभूथyou have become
बभूथ:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू
तम्him, that one (you)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
तेfor you, to you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
अनुafter, along, following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (avyaya/preverb)
केतम्sign, banner, signal, appearance
केतम्:
Karma (object of ‘followed’) / Adhikaraṇa in sense ‘by the sign’
TypeNoun
Rootकेत
आयन्they went/followed, they came after
आयन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√इ (with ā-)
अधाthen
अधा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधा (avyaya)
अवर्धन्तthey increased, they strengthened
अवर्धन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृध्
प्रथमासःthe first ones, the earliest
प्रथमासः:
Kartā (apposition to देवासः)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootप्रथम
ऊमाःhelpers/aids (protecting powers); (poetic) succours
ऊमाः:
Kartā (subject of ‘increased’ in Vedic poetic usage) / or predicate-noun with ‘first’
TypeNoun
Rootऊमा
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