Rig Veda 6.16.29: Mandala 6, Sukta 16, Mantra 29

Sukta 6.16

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (hymn-level)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सुवीरं रयिमा भर जातवेदो विचर्षणे । जहि रक्षांसि सुक्रतो ॥

Transliteration

suvī́raṃ rayím ā́ bhara jā́tavedo vícarṣaṇe | jahí rákṣāṃsi sukrato ||

Translation

勇力を宿す富をわれらにもたらせ、ジャータヴェーダス（Jātavedas）よ、広く見渡す者よ。善きはたらきの意志をもつ者よ、ラクシャス（Rakṣas）の攪乱の力を撃て。

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Word by Word

• सु॒वीरम्: rich in heroes; having good/valiant men
• सु॒वीरम्: Karma (विशेष्य: रयिम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वीर (प्रातिपदिक: वीर) अथवा बहुव्रीहि-समास

• र॒यिम्: wealth, treasure
• र॒यिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither, towards (adds ‘bring to us’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• भर: bring, bear (to us)
• भर: क्रिया (कर्तृ: त्वम् = अग्निः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni), knower of all that is born
• जातवेदः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जात-वेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; समास: जात ‘born/known’ + वेदस् ‘knowledge’)

• विचर्षणे: O far-seeing one; O discerning one
• विचर्षणे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वि-चर्षणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘distinguishing/seeing widely’, epithet)

• जहि: smite, slay
• जहि: क्रिया (कर्तृ: त्वम् = अग्निः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (हिंसायाम्/वधः)

• रक्षांसि: demonic beings; harmful spirits (rakṣasas)
• रक्षांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुक्रतो: O good-willed/wise one; O of good resolve
• सुक्रतो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: सु-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good resolve/power of will’)