Rig Veda 3.10.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 10, Mantra 6

Sukta 3.10

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full-sūkta confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्निं वर्धन्तु नो गिरो यतो जायत उक्थ्यः । महे वाजाय द्रविणाय दर्शतः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.10.6

Transliteration

agníṃ vardhantu no gíro yáto jā́yata ukthyáḥ | mahé vā́jāya dráviṇāya darśatáḥ ||

Translation

われらの讃歌のことばはアグニ（Agni）を増し育てよ。彼より、勝利をもたらす讃歌の力（ukthya）が生まれる。大いなる勝勢・活力（vāja）のため、また充ち満ちる資財・存在の豊かさ（draviṇa）のために、彼がわれらに顕現せよ――内なる見に澄みわたりて。

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Word by Word

• अग्निम्: Agni (as object)
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्धन्तु: let (them) increase
• वर्धन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वर्धते/वर्धयति) ‘to grow, increase’

• नः: our / of us
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• गिरः: hymns / songs
• गिरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘song, hymn, voice’

• यतः: from whom / whence
• यतः: अपादान (source: ‘from whom/whence’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय) < यद्- (relative) ‘from which/whence’

• जायते: is born / arises
• जायते: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जायते) ‘to be born, arise’

• उक्थ्यः: the hymn-worthy one / the praiseworthy (one)
• उक्थ्यः: कर्तृ (of जायते) / विशेष्य
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: उक्थ्य- (प्रातिपदिक) < उक्थ ‘hymn of praise’

• महे: for greatness / for might
• महे: सम्प्रदान (purpose: ‘for’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘greatness, might’

• वाजाय: for the prize / for strength
• वाजाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘prize, strength, (victorious) gain’

• द्रविणाय: for wealth
• द्रविणाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रविण- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wealth, property’

• दर्शतः: the splendid/visible one
• दर्शतः: विशेषण (of उक्थ्यः / implied अग्निः) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: दर्शत- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘visible, splendid, worthy to be seen’