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Rig Veda 6.4.6: Mandala 6, Sukta 4, Mantra 6

Sukta 6.4

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Devata: Agni (solar expander of the worlds; leader through darkness)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

आ सूर्यो न भानुमद्भिरर्कैरग्ने ततन्थ रोदसी वि भासा । चित्रो नयत्परि तमांस्यक्तः शोचिषा पत्मन्नौशिजो न दीयन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 6.4.6

ā́ sū́ryo na bhā́numadbhir arkáir agne tatántha rodasī́ ví bhāsā́ | citró nayat pári tamā́ṃsy aktáḥ śóciṣā pátmann auśijó na dī́yan ||

Jak Słońce z hymnami pełnymi promieni, o Agni, rozciągnąłeś dwa światy swoim światłem. Różnorodny w blasku, namaszczony, prowadzisz wokół ciemności; z płomieniem w szybkim ruchu, jak Ausidża, dajesz właściwe przejście.

आforth, towards (intensifying/dir. prefix)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
भानुमद्भिःwith radiant (beam-)possessing (rays)
भानुमद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootभानुमत् (भानु + मतुप्)
अर्कैःwith hymns / with rays (arks)
अर्कैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sampradāna (सम्बोधन/आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
ततन्थyou have stretched/spread
ततन्थ:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√तन् (तनूँ विस्तारे) / tan
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावा-पृथिव्यौ)
विapart, widely, forth
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) / vi (preverb)
भासाwith light, by radiance
भासा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootभासा (भास्/भा + घञ्/टाप्; ‘splendour, light’)
चित्रःbright, wondrous
चित्रः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नयत्led, guided
नयत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नयने) / nī
परिaround, all about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग) / pari (preverb)
तमांसिdarknesses
तमांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अक्तःanointed, kindled (lit. ‘smeared’)
अक्तः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअक्त (√अञ्ज्/√अक् ‘to smear/anoint’; PPP)
शोचिषाwith flame, with blazing light
शोचिषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
पत्मन्in the course/path (of movement)
पत्मन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘flight, course, path’)
औशिजःthe son/descendant of Uśij (a swift one)
औशिजः:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootऔशिज (उशिज्-सम्बन्धि; patronymic/derivative)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
दीयन्flying, speeding
दीयन्:
Kartā (कृदन्त-कर्तृ)
TypeVerb
Root√दी (दीङ् क्षये/गत्यर्थे; here ‘to fly/soar’ in RV usage)

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