Rig Veda 4.6.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 6, Mantra 5
Sukta 4.6
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.6)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; standard for many RV 4 hymns—verify with pada-count in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि त्मना मितद्रुरेति होताग्निर्मन्द्रो मधुवचा ऋतावा । द्रवन्त्यस्य वाजिनो न शोका भयन्ते विश्वा भुवना यदभ्राट् ॥
Transliteration
pári tmanā́ mitá-druḥ eti hotā́gnír mandró mádhu-vacā ṛtá-vā́ | drávanty asya vājíno ná śókā bháyante víśvā bhúvanā yád abhrā́ṭ ||
Translation
彼は自らの法（ダルマ）によって遍く巡る――祭司アグニ（Agni）、歓喜に満ち、蜜のごとき言葉をもつ者、ṛta（宇宙の正序・真理）を担う者。彼のために憂いは、鞭打たれた駿馬のように走り去り、彼が赫々と燃え出づるとき、万有の世界はことごとく畏れを抱く。
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्मनाby himself; with his own self
त्मना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मितद्रुःhaving measured/limited ‘courses/woods’ (epithet); the measurer
मितद्रुः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमित-द्रु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
एतिgoes, moves
एति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest; invoker
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्द्रःgladdening, pleasant, exhilarating
मन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुवचाःsweet-tongued; of honeyed speech
मधुवचाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमधु-वचस् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि)
ऋतावाpossessing ṛta; truthful/ritually right
ऋतावा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतावन् (प्रातिपदिक)
द्रवन्तिrun, speed
द्रवन्ति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धातु)
अस्यof him, his
अस्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाजिनःthe prize-winners; swift ones (steeds)
वाजिनः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
शोकाःflames, blazing fires (lit. burnings)
शोकाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
भयन्तेfear, are afraid
भयन्ते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभी (धातु)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनानिbeings; worlds; creatures
भुवनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when; since; that which
यत्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun/Conjunction
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अभ्राट्shone forth, blazed
अभ्राट्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभ्राज् (धातु) + आङ्/अभि (उपसर्गभाव)
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