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Rig Veda 3.6.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 6, Mantra 6

Sukta 3.6

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional for RV 3.6)
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas), as the divine Hotṛ who brings the gods
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 3.6; confirm against pada-count in critical edition)

ऋतस्य वा केशिना योग्याभिर्घृतस्नुवा रोहिता धुरि धिष्व । अथा वह देवान्देव विश्वान्त्स्वध्वरा कृणुहि जातवेदः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.6.6

ṛtásya vā keśínā yogyā́bhir ghṛtásnuvā róhitā dhurí dhiṣva | áthā vaha devā́n deva víśvānts svadhvarā́ kṛṇuhi jātávedaḥ ||

Bằng những ách buộc của ṛta (Chân lý–trật tự vũ trụ), hãy thắng vào càng xe đôi tuấn mã đỏ rực, tuôn tràn ánh sáng của ghṛta (bơ tinh khiết). Rồi, hỡi Jātavedas thiêng liêng, hãy chở đến tất cả chư thần; hãy làm cho con đường tế lễ (adhvara) của chúng con thành cuộc hành trình hiến dâng nội tâm tốt lành, không gián đoạn.

ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक) < √ऋ (गतौ/ऋ- ‘to go, order’; semantic ‘cosmic order, truth’)
वाor / indeed
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
केशिनाwith the maned/haired one (i.e., with the radiant one)
केशिना:
करण (instrumental: ‘with/through’)
TypeAdjective
Rootकेशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having hair/rays’)
योग्याभिःwith the yokeable (mares)
योग्याभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootयोग्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fit for yoking’)
घृतस्नुवाthe two ghee-dripping (ones)
घृतस्नुवा:
कर्तृ (as subject: the two mares)
TypeAdjective
Rootघृतस्नु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dripping ghee’)
रोहिताthe two ruddy/bay (mares)
रोहिता:
कर्तृ (apposition to घृतस्नुवा)
TypeAdjective
Rootरोहित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘reddish, bay’)
धुरिon the yoke/at the pole
धुरि:
अधिकरण (locative)
TypeNoun
Rootधुर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘yoke-pole, shaft; yoke-position’)
धिष्वyoke/set (them)
धिष्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारण/स्थापन) with preverb आ?; Vedic imperative middle ‘धिष्व’ (from √धा/√धिṣ?) used as ‘place, set, yoke’
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (निपात)
वहcarry / convey
वह:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहने)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) (vocative)
विश्वान्all
विश्वान्:
विशेषण (of देवान्)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक; ‘all’)
स्वध्वराwell-ordered rites / well in the sacrifices
स्वध्वरा:
कर्म/क्रियाविशेषण (contextual)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good rite/sacrifice’; Vedic बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय)
कृणुहिmake / perform
कृणुहि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करणे)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni)
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Agni ‘knower of births/creatures’)

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