Rig Veda 6.1.4 — Mandala 6, Sukta 1, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.1

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पदं देवस्य नमसा व्यन्तः श्रवस्यवः श्रव आपन्नमृक्तम् । नामानि चिद्दधिरे यज्ञियानि भद्रायां ते रणयन्त संदृष्टौ ॥

Transliteration

padáṃ devásya námasā vyántaḥ śravasyávaḥ śráva ā́pann amṛ́ktam | nā́māni cid dadhire yajñíyāni bhadrā́yāṃ te raṇayanta sám-dṛṣṭau ||

Translation

By homage they have found the step of the god; seeking the glory they attained an unbroken fame. They have even set in place the sacrificial Names; in your auspicious vision they take delight and are made glad.

Word by Word

• पदम्: step; footprint; track; place
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक) < √पद्/पद (गत्यर्थ) (निरुक्त-सम्बन्ध) अथवा पद-शब्दः

• देवस्य: of the god (Agni)
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमसा: with reverence; by homage
• नमसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart; forth; distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• अन्तः: within; inside
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तः (अव्यय)

• श्रवस्यवः: fame-seeking (men); glory-seekers
• श्रवस्यवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: श्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative/possessive adj. from श्रवस् ‘fame’)

• श्रवः: fame; glory
• श्रवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपन्: they attained; they reached
• आपन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (आप्नुते) ‘to reach, obtain’

• अमृक्तम्: unimpaired; unassailed; unblemished
• अमृक्तम्: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृक्त (कृदन्त/विशेषण; a- + √मृज् ‘to wipe/clean’ → ‘unwiped, uninjured’; RV usage: ‘unharmed, unassailed, unblemished’)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्: even; indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय/निपात)

• दधिरे: they have placed; they established
• दधिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति) ‘to place, set’

• यज्ञियानि: worthy of sacrifice; sacred
• यज्ञियानि: Karma (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; from यज्ञ ‘sacrifice’)

• भद्रायाम्: in the auspicious (state/place)
• भद्रायाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective (f.)
• Root: भद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• रणयन्त: they delighted; they made (it) rejoice
• रणयन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रण्/√रणय् (causative sense ‘to gladden, delight, make rejoice’; RV usage)

• संदृष्टौ: in the meeting of sights; in the encounter/vision
• संदृष्टौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक; सम्- + √दृश् ‘to see’)