Rig Veda 6.6.2: Mandala 6, Sukta 6, Mantra 2
Sukta 6.6
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स श्वितानस्तन्यतू रोचनस्था अजरेभिर्नानदद्भिर्यविष्ठः । यः पावकः पुरुतमः पुरूणि पृथून्यग्निरनुयाति भर्वन् ॥
Transliteration
sa śvitānas tānyatuḥ rocana-sthā ajarebhir nānadadbhir yaviṣṭhaḥ | yaḥ pāvakaḥ puru-tamaḥ purūṇi pṛthūny agnir anu-yāti bharvan ||
Translation
स श्वितानस्तन्यतू रोचनस्थोऽजरेभिर्नानदद्भिर्यविष्ठः। यः पावकः पुरुतमः पुरूणि पृथून्यग्निरनुयाति भर्वन्॥
Word by Word
सःhe (that one = Agni)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्वितानःbright, shining
श्वितानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootश्वित (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; √श्वित्/श्वेत् ‘to be bright/white’)
तन्यतुःthunder, roaring
तन्यतुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Root√तन्/तन्य् (धातु; ‘to thunder/roar’), तन्यतु- (नाम)
रोचनस्थाःstanding/abiding in the luminous realms
रोचनस्थाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootरोचन (नपुं; ‘luminous realm’) + √स्था (धातु; ‘to stand’) → रोचन-स्था (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास)
अजरेभिःwith the unaging (ones/powers)
अजरेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअजर (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘unaging’)
नानदद्भिःwith the roaring/sounding (ones)
नानदद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeParticiple
Root√नद् (धातु; ‘to roar/sound’) + नानदत् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ)
यविष्ठःyoungest
यविष्ठः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootयुवन्/यव (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘young’) + इष्ठ (तमप्-प्रत्यय; superlative)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पावकःthe purifier (Agni)
पावकः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Root√पू (धातु; ‘to purify’) → पावक (नाम/विशेषण)
पुरुतमःmost abundant/most manifold
पुरुतमः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु (अव्यय/विशेषण ‘much, many’) + तम (तमप्-प्रत्यय; superlative) → पुरुतम
पुरूणिmany (things/acts)
पुरूणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootपुरु (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
पृथूनिbroad, wide (things/spaces)
पृथूनि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootपृथु (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘broad, wide’)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (नाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अनुयातिfollows, goes after
अनुयाति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-√या (धातु; ‘to follow/go after’)
भर्वन्O bearer/mighty one
भर्वन्:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun (address)
Rootभर्वन् (नाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘bearing, mighty’; vocative of भर्वन्)
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