Rig Veda 6.10.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 10, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.10

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional)

Devata: Agni Pāvaka

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यः पप्रौ जायमान उर्वी दूरेदृशा भासा कृष्णाध्वा । अध बहु चित्तम ऊर्म्यायास्तिरः शोचिषा ददृशे पावकः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ yáḥ papráu jā́yamāna urvī́ dūré-dṛśā bhā́sā kṛṣṇā́dhvā | ádha bahú cit táma ūrmyā́yās tiráḥ śóciṣā dadṛśe pāvakáḥ ||

Translation

Aquele que, ao nascer, se espalhou amplamente sobre a vasta (terra), visto de longe por seu fulgor, abrindo através da negrura um caminho — um caminho de luz: então, mesmo muita escuridão, por sobre a sua onda, o Pāvaka (o Purificador) foi avistado por sua chama.

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Word by Word

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

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पप्रौ: has filled; has expanded
• पप्रौ: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रा (धातु) / √prā ‘to fill, swell, spread’

• जायमानः: being born; coming into being
• जायमानः: Kartā (यः…जायमानः) / agentive qualifier
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• उर्वी: the wide earth; the broad expanse
• उर्वी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wide earth/expanse’

• दूरेदृशा: with far-seeing (vision)
• दूरेदृशा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूर + दृश् (प्रातिपदिक-समास; ‘far-seeing’)

• भासा: with radiance; by light
• भासा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भासा (प्रातिपदिक) ‘light, radiance’

• कृष्णाध्वा: the dark path
• कृष्णाध्वा: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + अध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक-समास; ‘black path/way’)

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

• बहु: much; many
• बहु: Karma (परिमाण-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)

• चित्तम्: the perceived/manifest (thing); the noticed (one)
• चित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक) ‘noticed/marked; mind’ (RV: ‘perceived/manifest’)

• ऊर्म्यायाः: of the wave
• ऊर्म्यायाः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्मि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wave’

• तिरः: across; through
• तिरः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिरस् (अव्यय/उपपद)

• शोचिषा: with flame; by splendor
• शोचिषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘flame, splendor’

• ददृशे: appeared; was seen
• ददृशे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) √dṛś ‘to see/appear’

• पावकः: the purifying one (Agni)
• पावकः: Kartā (ददृशे) / subject
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक) ‘purifying, bright’ (epithet of Agni)