Rig Veda 4.12.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 12, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.12

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Agni (with Vasus invoked as precedent powers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यथा ह त्यद्वसवो गौर्यं चित्पदि षिताममुञ्चता यजत्राः । एवो ष्वस्मन्मुञ्चता व्यंहः प्र तार्यग्ने प्रतरं न आयुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.12.6

Transliteration

yáthā ha tyád vasavo gáuryam cit pádi sitā́m ámuñcata yajatrāḥ | evó s(v) asmán muñcatā́ vy àṃháḥ prá tāry agne prataráṃ na ā́yuḥ ||

Translation

Como outrora, ó Vasus dignos de culto, libertastes até a Gaurī, presa no laço, assim agora libertai-nos do aperto, da opressão. Conduze-nos adiante, ó Agni, a uma travessia mais distante, a uma plenitude de vida mais vitoriosa.

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Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (avyaya)

• त्यत्: that (deed/thing)
• त्यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वसवः: the Vasus (gods)
• वसवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (prātipadika)

• गौर्यम्: the ‘gāurya’ (cow-/bull-like strength; a prize/boon)
• गौर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौर्य (prātipadika)

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

• पदि: in the step/track/place
• पदि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद् (prātipadika)

• षिताम्: sharp (ones)
• षिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षित (PPP from √षि/√शि ‘to sharpen’ > ‘sharp’)

• अमुञ्चत: they released
• अमुञ्चत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुचँ) ‘to release’

• यजत्राः: O worshipful ones
• यजत्राः: Kartā (apposition to वसवः) / Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत्र (prātipadika, from √यज्)

• एव: thus, in the same way
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• उ: indeed
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (avyaya)

• स्मत्: from us
• स्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• मुञ्चत: release (you all)
• मुञ्चत: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (मुचँ) ‘to release’

• वि: apart, away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• अंहः: distress, sin, narrowness
• अंहः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (prātipadika)

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

• तारि: carry across
• तारि: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (तॄँ) ‘to cross’

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• प्रतरम्: more safely/forward, better
• प्रतरम्: Karma (as goal/result qualifier) / Adverbial
• Type: Adverb/Adjective
• Root: प्रतर (comparative adverbial/adj. from प्र + तर)

• न: as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (avyaya)

• आयुः: life, lifetime
• आयुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (prātipadika)

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)