Rig Veda 3.6.1: Mandala 3, Sukta 6, Mantra 1

Sukta 3.6

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (mandala 3 attribution; RV 3.6 continues the Viśvāmitra cycle)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र कारवो मनना वच्यमाना देवद्रीचीं नयत देवयन्तः । दक्षिणावाड्वाजिनी प्राच्येति हविर्भरन्त्यग्नये घृताची ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.6.1

Transliteration

prá kāravó mananā́ vacyámānā devadrī́cīṃ nayata devayántaḥ | dakṣiṇāvā́ḍ vā́jinī prā́cy éti havírbharanty agnáye ghṛtā́cī ||

Translation

Hỡi các ca sĩ tế lễ, hãy tiến bước: hãy tạo hình tư niệm và gọt giũa lời ca, rồi dẫn nó về phía chư thần, hỡi những người khát cầu chư thần. Quyền năng mang lễ vật, quyền năng ban thắng lợi, đi về phương Đông, đem hiến phẩm đến cho Agni—nàng có lộ trình rực sáng bởi bơ tinh luyện (ghṛta).

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Word by Word

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

• कारवः: singers/poets
• कारवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारु (prātipadika)

• मनना: by thought, with reflection
• मनना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनन (from √मन् ‘to think’)

• वच्यमानाः: being uttered / speaking (in recitation)
• वच्यमानाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √वच् (to speak) + य (passive) → वच्यमान (present passive participle)

• देवद्रीचीम्: (the hymn/utterance) turned toward the gods
• देवद्रीचीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: देव-द्रीचि (prātipadika; ‘godward/turned to the gods’)

• नयत: lead (you all)
• नयत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नी (to lead) + प्र (implicit sense ‘forth’)

• देवयन्तः: seeking the gods / god-worshipping
• देवयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: देवयन्त् (present participle from denom. √देवय् ‘to seek/worship the gods’)

• दक्षिणावाट्: rightward-moving / with the fee (dakṣiṇā) on the right
• दक्षिणावाट्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिणा-वाट् (prātipadika; ‘having the दक्षिणा on the right / rightward’)

• वाजिनी: the prize-winning (mare/stream); the strong one
• वाजिनी: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाजिनी (prātipadika)

• प्राचि: eastward, forward
• प्राचि: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राच् (prātipadika)

• एति: goes
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इ (to go)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (prātipadika)

• भरन्ति: they carry/bring
• भरन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (to bear, carry)

• अग्नये: to Agni
• अग्नये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• घृताची: ghee-bearing / flowing with ghee
• घृताची: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: घृताची (prātipadika; ‘having ghee as its offering/stream’)