Rig Veda 3.6.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 6, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.6

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (attributed for RV 3.6)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ रोदसी अपृणा जायमान उत प्र रिक्था अध नु प्रयज्यो । दिवश्चिदग्ने महिना पृथिव्या वच्यन्तां ते वह्नयः सप्तजिह्वाः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ rodasī apṛṇā jā́yamāna utá prá rikthā ádha nú prayajyo | diváś cid agne mahinā́ pṛthivyā́ vacyántāṃ te váhnayaḥ saptájihvāḥ ||

Translation

ଜନ୍ମ ସମୟରେ ତୁମେ ଦୁଇ ଲୋକ—ରୋଦସୀ—କୁ ପୂରଣ କଲ; ଏବଂ ପରେ ତୁମ ଉତ୍ତରାଧିକାରକୁ ଆଗେଇଲ—ଏବେ ଯଜ୍ଞକର୍ମର ପ୍ରଣେତା ହୋଇ। ହେ ଅଗ୍ନି, ଦ୍ୟୌ ଓ ପୃଥିବୀକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅତିକ୍ରମ କରୁଥିବା ତୁମ ମହିମାଦ୍ୱାରା, ତୁମ ବହ୍ନିମାନେ—ସପ୍ତଜିହ୍ୱା ବାହକଶକ୍ତିମାନେ—କ୍ରିୟାରେ ପ୍ରବୃତ୍ତ ହେବାକୁ ଉଚ୍ଚାରିତ ହେଉନ୍ତୁ।

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Word by Word

• आ: forth, up; (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व-युग्म ‘द्यावापृथिवी’)

• अपृणाः: you filled
• अपृणाः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ (पॄणाति ‘to fill, satisfy’)

• जायमानः: being born
• जायमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: जन् (to be born) → जायमान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• रिक्थाः: you emptied/cleared out
• रिक्थाः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिच् (to empty, leave) / √ric

• अध: then, thereafter
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (निपात)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• प्रयज्यः: to be worshipped; worthy of offering
• प्रयज्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज् (to worship, sacrifice) + प्र (उपसर्ग) → प्रयज्य (कृदन्त)

• दिवः: from heaven / of heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• महिना: by (your) greatness/might
• महिना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: महि (प्रातिपदिक ‘greatness, might’)

• पृथिव्याः: from earth / of earth
• पृथिव्याः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• वच्यन्ताम्: let (them) be spoken/proclaimed
• वच्यन्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (to speak, proclaim) → वच्य (passive stem)

• ते: your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• वह्नयः: the bearers/flames (Agni’s carriers)
• वह्नयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘carrier’, esp. fire-priest/flame)

• सप्तजिह्वाः: seven-tongued
• सप्तजिह्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त + जिह्वा (समास: कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय ‘seven-tongued’)