Rig Veda 6.16.31: Mandala 6, Sukta 16, Mantra 31
Sukta 6.16
Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (hymn-level)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो नो अग्ने दुरेव आ मर्तो वधाय दाशति । तस्मान्नः पाह्यंहसः ॥
Transliteration
yó no agne durévā́ ā́ márto vadhā́ya dā́śati | tásmān naḥ pāhy áṃhasaḥ ||
Translation
ഹേ അഗ്നി, ദുഷ്ടമനസ്സുള്ള ഏതു മർത്ത്യനും ഞങ്ങളുടെ വധത്തിനായി താനെത്തന്നെ അർപ്പിക്കുന്നുവോ, അവനിൽ നിന്ന് ഞങ്ങളെ കാത്തുകൊൾക; അംഹസ് (ചുരുക്കുന്ന ക്ലേശം) മുതൽ രക്ഷിക്ക.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
दुरेवःill-disposed, hostile
दुरेवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदुरेव- (दुर्- + एव, प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
मर्तःa mortal (man)
मर्तः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त- (प्रातिपदिक)
वधायfor slaying / for harm
वधाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवध- (प्रातिपदिक)
दाशतिgives, offers
दाशति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√दाश् (दाशति = ‘to offer, to give’; भ्वादि/परस्मैपद-प्रयोगः वैदिके)
तस्मात्from him / from that (one)
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पाहिprotect
पाहि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पा (पालने ‘to protect’)
अंहसःfrom distress/sin/evil
अंहसः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
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