Rig Veda 6.6.4: Mandala 6, Sukta 6, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.6

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये ते शुक्रासः शुचयः शुचिष्मः क्षां वपन्ति विषितासो अश्वाः । अध भ्रमस्त उर्विया वि भाति यातयमानो अधि सानु पृश्नेः ॥

Transliteration

yé te śukrā́saḥ śúcayaḥ śuciṣmáḥ kṣā́m vapanti víṣitāso áśvāḥ | ádha bhramáṣ ta urviyā́ ví bhāti yātáyamāno ádhi sā́nu pṛ́śneḥ ||

Translation

Те твои светлые, чистые силы, о Агни чистоты, — как кони, крепко взнузданные, — пашут землю нашего бытия. Тогда твой широкий, вращающийся свет разгорается, шествуя по гребню Пёстрой (Пṛшни), направляя и понуждая путь вперёд.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• शुक्रासः: bright, shining
• शुक्रासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (adj. prātipadika)

• शुचयः: pure, radiant
• शुचयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (adj. prātipadika)

• शुचिष्माः: possessing purity/brightness
• शुचिष्माः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचिष्मन् (adj. prātipadika)

• क्षाम्: the earth/ground
• क्षाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षाम् (स्त्री. prātipadika; ‘earth/ground’)

• वपन्ति: they strew/sow/spread
• वपन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वप् (वपन)

• विषितासः: impelled, urged on
• विषितासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (past participle used adjectivally)
• Root: वि-√सि (कृदन्त: विषित ‘impelled/urged/loosed’)

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (noun prātipadika)

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

• भ्रमः: whirling, circling (motion)
• भ्रमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रम (noun prātipadika)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• उर्विया: with/through the broad expanse (widely)
• उर्विया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वी (noun prātipadika)

• वि: apart, forth, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (preverb/particle)

• भाति: shines, appears radiant
• भाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा (दीप्तौ)

• यातयमानः: driving on, moving onward
• यातयमानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: √यत्/√यातय् (causative ‘to set in motion/drive on’) → यातयमान (pres. mid. participle)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (preverb/indecl.)

• सानु: ridge, summit
• सानु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानु (noun prātipadika)

• पृश्नेः: of the speckled one (Pṛśni; the dappled cow/cloud)
• पृश्नेः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृश्नि (noun prātipadika)