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

• आ: towards; hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma)

• त्वे: in you
• त्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma)

• स्वपाके: O well-cooking/skillful (in preparing offerings)
• स्वपाके: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सु- + पाक (prātipadika: svapāka)

• यजत्र: O worship-worthy
• यजत्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: यजत्र (from √यज्)

• यक्षत्: may he worship/offer
• यक्षत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (Vedic: yakṣ- ‘to worship, to offer’)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: राजन् (prātipadika)

• सर्वतातेव: as if from every side; altogether as it were
• सर्वतातेव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वता (avyaya) + इव

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• द्यौः: the Heaven (sky)
• द्यौः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (prātipadika)

• त्रिषधस्थः: having three seats/abodes
• त्रिषधस्थः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: त्रि- + षध-स्थ (prātipadika: triṣadhastha)

• तत॒रुषः: having overpassed; having crossed
• तत॒रुषः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: √तॄ (tar-/tṛ) → ततरुष् (Vedic perfect/participle stem)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• जंहः: a stride; a leap (swift step)
• जंहः: Kartā/Upamāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंह (prātipadika)

• हव्या: oblations; offerings
• हव्या: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (prātipadika)

• मघानि: gifts; bounties
• मघानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघ (prātipadika)

• मानुषा: human (belonging to men)
• मानुषा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष (prātipadika)

• यजध्यै: to worship; to sacrifice
• यजध्यै: Prayojana
• Type: Verb (infinitive)
• Root: √यज्