Rig Veda 6.16.22: Mandala 6, Sukta 16, Mantra 22
Sukta 6.16
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र वः सखायो अग्नये स्तोमं यज्ञं च धृष्णुया । अर्च गाय च वेधसे ॥
Transliteration
prá vaḥ sakhāyo agnáye stómaṃ yajñáṃ ca dhṛṣṇu-yā́ | árca gā́ya ca védhase ||
Translation
進め、友よ。アグニ（Agni）のために、敢然たる力をもって讃歌と祭儀とを捧げよ。智ある定め手（Vedhas）に向かって詠み、歌え。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वःof you (your)
वः:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem)
सखायःfriends, companions
सखायः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसखा (prātipadika)
अग्नयेto Agni
अग्नये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
स्तोमम्hymn of praise
स्तोमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (prātipadika)
यज्ञम्sacrifice, offering
यज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (prātipadika)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (particle)
धृष्णुयाwith bold/impetuous (power)
धृष्णुया:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootधृष्णु (adj. prātipadika from √धृष् ‘to be bold/daring’)
अर्चpraise!, sing!
अर्च:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अर्च् (to praise, sing)
गायsing!
गाय:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गै (to sing)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (particle)
वेधसेto the wise one (Agni), to the ordainer
वेधसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस् (prātipadika; ‘wise one/ordainer’, epithet of Agni)
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