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

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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 ॥

Recitation with translationRig 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.

Word by Word

यथाjust as

हindeed

त्यत्that (deed/thing)

वसवःthe Vasus (gods)

गौर्यम्the ‘gāurya’ (cow-/bull-like strength; a prize/boon)

चित्even

पदिin the step/track/place

षिताम्sharp (ones)

अमुञ्चतthey released

यजत्राःO worshipful ones

एवthus, in the same way

उindeed

स्मत्from us

मुञ्चतrelease (you all)

विapart, away

अंहःdistress, sin, narrowness

प्रforth, forward

तारिcarry across

अग्नेO Agni

प्रतरम्more safely/forward, better

नas

आयुःlife, lifetime

नःour

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