Rig Veda 6.6.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 6, Mantra 5
Sukta 6.6
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अध जिह्वा पापतीति प्र वृष्णो गोषुयुधो नाशनिः सृजाना । शूरस्येव प्रसितिः क्षातिरग्नेर्दुर्वर्तुर्भीमो दयते वनानि ॥
Transliteration
ádha jihvā́ pāpatīti prá vṛ́ṣṇo goṣu-yúdho nā́śaniḥ sṛjānā́ | śū́rasyeva prásitiḥ kṣātír agnér durvártūr bhīmó dayate vánāni ||
Translation
そのときアグニの舌は躍り出る――強き勇士が光のための戦いに放つ雷の矢のごとく、獲物へと走る。英雄の突進のようにアグニの支配は広がり、恐るべく、退け難く、妨げの森を切り裂く。
Word by Word
अधthen, thereupon
अध:
Adhikaraṇa (सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (अव्यय)
जिह्वाthe tongue (flame)
जिह्वा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
पापतीतिflutters/leaps
पापतीति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृष्णःof the bull/strong one (Agni)
वृष्णः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
गोषुamong the cows / in the cattle
गोषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
युधःof battle, of fighting
युधः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootयुध् (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
(उपमान-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
अशनिḥa thunderbolt
अशनिḥ:
Kartā (उपमान-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootअशनि (प्रातिपदिक)
सृजानाreleasing, letting loose
सृजाना:
Kartā (जिह्वा-विशेषणम्)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु)
शूरस्यof a hero
शूरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
इवas if, like
इव:
(उपमान-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
प्रसितिःthe sending-forth, onset, impulse
प्रसितिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसिति (प्रातिपदिक) < प्र-√सि/√सद्? (वेद. ‘प्रसिति’ = प्रेषण/प्रसारण)
क्षातिःdestruction, wasting, injury
क्षातिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्षाति (प्रातिपदिक) < √क्षि/√क्षै (वेद. ‘क्षाति’ = क्षय/विनाश/क्षति)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
दुर्वर्तुःof hard course / difficult to restrain
दुर्वर्तुः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्वर्तु (प्रातिपदिक) = दुर् + वर्तु (मार्ग/गति)
भीमःterrible, fearsome
भीमः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम (प्रातिपदिक)
दयतेcuts/splits, rends
दयते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा/दय् (धातु) (वेद. ‘दयते’ = √दा/√दय् ‘to divide, to cut, to injure’)
वनानिthe woods, forests
वनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
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