Rig Veda 6.16.47: Mandala 6, Sukta 16, Mantra 47

Sukta 6.16

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional; needs confirmation)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh/Gāyatrī-like cadence possible; requires metrical verification

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ ते अग्न ऋचा हविर्हृदा तष्टं भरामसि । ते ते भवन्तूक्षण ऋषभासो वशा उत ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.16.47

Transliteration

ā té agna ṛcā havír hṛdā táṣṭaṃ bharāmasi | té té bhavantūkṣáṇa ṛṣabhāso vaśā utá ||

Translation

ഹേ അഗ്നേ, ഋചയുടെ പ്രചോദിതഗാനത്തോടെ ഹൃദയംകൊണ്ട് രൂപപ്പെടുത്തിയ ഹവിഷ് ഞങ്ങൾ നിനക്കു കൊണ്ടുവരുന്നു; ഇവ നിനക്കു വർധന നൽകുന്ന ദൃഢശക്തികളാകട്ടെ—ഋഷഭസമമായ ബലങ്ങളും, വശാ എന്ന ദോഹന/ഉൽപ്പാദക ഊർജങ്ങളും കൂടെ.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) / tvad (2nd person pronoun stem)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि / agni

• ऋचा: with a verse (hymn)
• ऋचा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् / ṛc (hymn-verse)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् / havis

• हृदा: with (our) heart
• हृदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् / hṛd (heart)

• तष्टम्: fashioned, prepared
• तष्टम्: —
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: तक्ष् / takṣ (to fashion) → तष्ट (PPP)

• भरामसि: we bring, we offer
• भरामसि: (Kartā implicit: वयम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भृ / bhṛ (to bear, bring)

• ते: your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्) / tvad

• ते: your (indeed)
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्) / tvad

• भवन्तु: let them be, may they become
• भवन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू / bhū (to be, become)

• उक्षणः: bulls
• उक्षणः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्षन् / ukṣan (bull)

• ऋषभासः: bulls, leaders
• ऋषभासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ / ṛṣabha (bull, chief)

• वशाः: cows (vaśā-cows)
• वशाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशा / vaśā (cow; a ‘pliant/obedient’ cow, often ritual)

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत / uta