Rig Veda 6.1.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 1, Mantra 4
Sukta 6.1
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पदं देवस्य नमसा व्यन्तः श्रवस्यवः श्रव आपन्नमृक्तम् । नामानि चिद्दधिरे यज्ञियानि भद्रायां ते रणयन्त संदृष्टौ ॥
Transliteration
padáṃ devásya námasā vyántaḥ śravasyávaḥ śráva ā́pann amṛ́ktam | nā́māni cid dadhire yajñíyāni bhadrā́yāṃ te raṇayanta sám-dṛṣṭau ||
Translation
彼らは礼拝によって神の足跡（歩み）を見いだし、栄光を求めて、断たれぬ名声に到った。さらに祭祀にかなう聖なる名々をも据え定めた。あなたの吉祥なる観照のうちに、彼らは喜び、心を躍らせる。
Word by Word
पदम्step; footprint; track; place
पदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक) < √पद्/पद (गत्यर्थ) (निरुक्त-सम्बन्ध) अथवा पद-शब्दः
देवस्यof the god (Agni)
देवस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
नमसाwith reverence; by homage
नमसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart; forth; distinctly
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
अन्तःwithin; inside
अन्तः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः (अव्यय)
श्रवस्यवःfame-seeking (men); glory-seekers
श्रवस्यवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootश्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative/possessive adj. from श्रवस् ‘fame’)
श्रवःfame; glory
श्रवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आपन्they attained; they reached
आपन्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (आप्नुते) ‘to reach, obtain’
अमृक्तम्unimpaired; unassailed; unblemished
अमृक्तम्:
Karma (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमृक्त (कृदन्त/विशेषण; a- + √मृज् ‘to wipe/clean’ → ‘unwiped, uninjured’; RV usage: ‘unharmed, unassailed, unblemished’)
नामानिnames
नामानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय/निपात)
दधिरेthey have placed; they established
दधिरे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धा (दधाति) ‘to place, set’
यज्ञियानिworthy of sacrifice; sacred
यज्ञियानि:
Karma (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; from यज्ञ ‘sacrifice’)
भद्रायाम्in the auspicious (state/place)
भद्रायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (f.)
Rootभद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you; your
ते:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
रणयन्तthey delighted; they made (it) rejoice
रणयन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रण्/√रणय् (causative sense ‘to gladden, delight, make rejoice’; RV usage)
संदृष्टौin the meeting of sights; in the encounter/vision
संदृष्टौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसंदृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; सम्- + √दृश् ‘to see’)
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