Rig Veda 6.48.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 48, Mantra 1
Sukta 6.48
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable for 6.48 opening; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यज्ञायज्ञा वो अग्नये गिरागिरा च दक्षसे । प्रप्र वयममृतं जातवेदसं प्रियं मित्रं न शंसिषम् ॥
Transliteration
yajñā́yajñā vo agnáye girā́girā ca dákṣase | práprá vayám amṛ́taṃ jātávedasaṃ priyáṃ mitráṃ na śaṃsiṣam ||
Translation
供犠ごとに、また供犠ごとに；言葉ごとに、また言葉ごとに、われらはアグニを讃え、技と正しい力（ダクシャ）を増し育てんとす。われらは前へ前へと、不死なるジャータヴェーダス（Jātavedas）—愛しき友—を、和合をもたらす者として宣べ称える。
Word by Word
यज्ञाsacrifices, worship-offerings
यज्ञा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) < √यज्
यज्ञा(repeated) sacrifices
यज्ञा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) < √यज्
वःof you / for you
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नयेto Agni
अग्नये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
गिराwith a hymn/voice
गिरा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
गिरा(again) with a hymn
गिरा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
दक्षसेto the capable one / to skill (i.e., to the able Agni)
दक्षसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
प्रforth (intensively)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अमृतम्immortality; the immortal (gift)
अमृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni), knower of all births
जातवेदसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)
प्रियम्dear, beloved
प्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रम्friend
मित्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
शंसिषम्I praised / I proclaimed
शंसिषम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√शंस् (स्तुति-भाषणे)
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