Rig Veda 6.12.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 12, Mantra 2
Sukta 6.12
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional attribution for Mandala 6 Agni hymns; Sukta 6.12 commonly ascribed to Bharadvāja)
Devata: Agni (as Rājan, Jātavedas/inner divine Will and priest-power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ यस्मिन्त्वे स्वपाके यजत्र यक्षद्राजन्त्सर्वतातेव नु द्यौः । त्रिषधस्थस्ततरुषो न जंहो हव्या मघानि मानुषा यजध्यै ॥
Transliteration
ā yásmin tve svápāke yajatra yákṣad rājan sarvatātā́ iva nú dyáuḥ | tri-sádhasthas tátaruṣo ná jaṃhó havyā́ maghā́ni mā́nuṣā yájadhyai ||
Translation
王者よ、礼拝に値するアグニよ。汝のうちに——汝が光明の働きにおいて完全に顕現するとき——天は今や、あたかも全き自己奉献をもって供犠するかのようである。汝は三重の座（triṣadhastha）に立ち、いかなる妨げをも越えて迅く進む。人は供物（havya）と豊穣の贈り物（maghāni）とをもって汝を祭るべきである。
Word by Word
आtowards; hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
यस्मिन्in whom/wherein
यस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma)
त्वेin you
त्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāma)
स्वपाकेO well-cooking/skillful (in preparing offerings)
स्वपाके:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसु- + पाक (prātipadika: svapāka)
यजत्रO worship-worthy
यजत्र:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootयजत्र (from √यज्)
यक्षत्may he worship/offer
यक्षत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√यज् (Vedic: yakṣ- ‘to worship, to offer’)
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootराजन् (prātipadika)
सर्वतातेवas if from every side; altogether as it were
सर्वतातेव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वता (avyaya) + इव
नुnow; indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
द्यौःthe Heaven (sky)
द्यौः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (prātipadika)
त्रिषधस्थःhaving three seats/abodes
त्रिषधस्थः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootत्रि- + षध-स्थ (prātipadika: triṣadhastha)
तत॒रुषःhaving overpassed; having crossed
तत॒रुषः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Root√तॄ (tar-/tṛ) → ततरुष् (Vedic perfect/participle stem)
नlike; as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जंहःa stride; a leap (swift step)
जंहः:
Kartā/Upamāna
TypeNoun
Rootजंह (prātipadika)
हव्याoblations; offerings
हव्या:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य (prātipadika)
मघानिgifts; bounties
मघानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमघ (prātipadika)
मानुषाhuman (belonging to men)
मानुषा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमानुष (prātipadika)
यजध्यैto worship; to sacrifice
यजध्यै:
Prayojana
TypeVerb (infinitive)
Root√यज्
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