Rig Veda 6.9.1: Mandala 6, Sukta 9, Mantra 1
Sukta 6.9
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) (traditional for RV 6.9)
Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अहश्च कृष्णमहरर्जुनं च वि वर्तेते रजसी वेद्याभिः । वैश्वानरो जायमानो न राजावातिरज्ज्योतिषाग्निस्तमांसि ॥
Transliteration
áhaś ca kṛṣṇám áhar árjunam ca ví vartete rájasī vedyā́bhiḥ | vaiśvānaráḥ jā́yamāno ná rājā́vātiraj jyótiṣā́gnís tamā́ṃsi ||
Translation
黒き日と白き日とは、定められた道に従い、二つの界（rajasī）において分かれて巡る。ヴィシュヴァーナラは、生まれ出でて王のごとく立ち、アグニはその光によって諸々の闇を越え渡る。
Word by Word
अहःday (daylight)
अहः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्- (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा अहस्-
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
कृष्णम्black, dark
कृष्णम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण- (प्रातिपदिक)
अहःday; here: night (dark day)
अहः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्- / अहस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अर्जुनम्bright, white
अर्जुनम्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्जुन- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
विapart, in alternation
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
वर्तेतेthe two turn/roll; alternate
वर्तेते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्तते) / √वृत्त्
रजसीthe two realms/spaces (heaven and earth); the two rajas
रजसी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरजस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
वेद्याभिःwith/through the knowable/recognizable (paths/marks)
वेद्याभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवेद्या- (प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘to know’ → ‘to be known/recognized’)
वैश्वानरःVaiśvānara (Agni as ‘belonging to all men’)
वैश्वानरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवैश्वानर- (प्रातिपदिक)
जायमानःbeing born, coming into being
जायमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√जन् (जायते) + शानच्
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
राजाa king
राजा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अवातिरत्has crossed over, has passed through
अवातिरत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ/√तॄ (तरति) with अव- (Vedic aorist)
अज्यःanointed, besmeared (with ghee)
अज्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअज्य- (प्रातिपदिक; √अञ्ज् ‘to anoint’ → ‘to be anointed/greased’)
ज्योतिषाwith light, by radiance
ज्योतिषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
तमांसिdarknesses
तमांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
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