Rig Veda 6.3.7: Mandala 6, Sukta 3, Mantra 7
Sukta 6.3
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Agni (as renewer and increaser; also as cosmic heat in vegetation)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दिवो न यस्य विधतो नवीनोद्वृषा रुक्ष ओषधीषु नूनोत् । घृणा न यो ध्रजसा पत्मना यन्ना रोदसी वसुना दं सुपत्नी ॥
Transliteration
divó na yásya vidható navī́not vṛ́ṣā rukṣá oṣádhīṣu nūnot | ghṛṇā́ na yó dhrajásā pátmanā yánn ā́ rodasī vásunā dám su-pátnī ||
Translation
天そのもののように、その新しさは供犠に仕える者を新たにし、光り輝く雄牛はその力を草木・薬草のうちへと押し入れる。温かな光輝のごとく、彼は燃え立つ速さで駆け、富を携えて二つの世界（天と地）へ来たる——家へ帰るがごとく——よき伴侶として結ばれたその二界へ。
Word by Word
दिवःof heaven / of the sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ-)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विधतःof the worshipper / of the arranger (ritualist)
विधतः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootविधत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √धा/√धि ‘to arrange, to worship/serve’)
नवीनःnew, fresh
नवीनः:
विशेषण (to an implied subject, e.g., अग्निः)
TypeAdjective
Rootनवीन (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्up, forth
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत्
वृषाthe bull (vigorous one)
वृषा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
रुक्षःbright, shining (also: rough/harsh in later usage)
रुक्षः:
विशेषण (to वृषा)
TypeAdjective
Rootरुक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
ओषधीषुin the plants / herbs
ओषधीषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
नूनोत्impelled, drove, set in motion
नूनोत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√नु (नुनोति ‘to push/impel’; Vedic aorist)
घृणाglow, heat, ardour
घृणा:
उपमान (in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootघृणा (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ध्रजसाwith (his) flashing force / with speed (dhraj-)
ध्रजसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootध्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
पत्मनाwith flight / with winged motion
पत्मना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootपत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which (that)
यत्:
कर्म (object of an implied verb like ‘touches/fills’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नाlike, as
ना:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
कर्म/अधिकरण (context-dependent)
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; ‘heaven-and-earth’)
वसुनाwith wealth / with good (treasure)
वसुना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
दम्the house, the home
दम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदम् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘house, home’)
सुपत्नीhaving good husbands / well-wedded (two wives)
सुपत्नी:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-पत्नी (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
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