Rig Veda 1.140.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मु॒मु॒क्ष्वो॒३॒॑ मन॑वे मानवस्य॒ते र॑घु॒द्रुव॑: कृ॒ष्णसी॑तास ऊ॒ जुव॑: । अ॒स॒म॒ना अ॑जि॒रासो॑ रघु॒ष्यदो॒ वात॑जूता॒ उप॑ युज्यन्त आ॒शव॑: ॥
मुमुक्ष्वो मनवे मानवस्यते रघुद्रुवः कृष्णसीतास ऊ जुवः । असमना अजिरासो रघुष्यदो वातजूता उप युज्यन्त आशवः ॥
mumukṣvo manave mānavasyate raghudruvaḥ kṛṣṇasītāsa ū juvaḥ | asamanā ajirāso raghuṣyado vātajūtā upa yujyanta āśavaḥ ||

English translation:

“The (flames of Agni), light-moving, dark-tracked, quick (consuming), capricious, restless, plural ying lightly, fanned by the wind, wide-spreading, and ensuring liberation (to the devout), are kindled for (the benefit of) the pious reverencer of (holy) priests.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

'Flames of Agni' is inserted to explain the epithets: raghu-druvaḥ, going lightly; kṛṣṇasītāsaḥ, black-pathed; juvaḥ, quick; asamanā, not same-minded (some going east, some west or in different colours); ajirāsaḥ, moving; raghuṣyadaḥ, light-gliding; vātajūtaḥ, wind-impelled; āśavaḥ, pervading; mumukṣvaḥ, giving liberation

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मु॒मु॒क्ष्वः॑ । मन॑वे । मा॒न॒व॒स्य॒ते । र॒घु॒ऽद्रुवः॑ । कृ॒ष्णऽसी॑तासः । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । जुवः॑ । अ॒स॒म॒नाः । अ॒जि॒रासः॑ । र॒घु॒ऽस्यदः॑ । वात॑ऽजूताः । उप॑ । यु॒ज्य॒न्ते॒ । आ॒शवः॑ ॥
मुमुक्ष्वः । मनवे । मानवस्यते । रघुद्रुवः । कृष्णसीतासः । ऊँ इति । जुवः । असमनाः । अजिरासः । रघुस्यदः । वातजूताः । उप । युज्यन्ते । आशवः ॥
mumukṣvaḥ | manave | mānavasyate | raghu-druvaḥ | kṛṣṇa-sītāsaḥ | oṃ iti | juvaḥ | asamanāḥ | ajirāsaḥ | raghu-syadaḥ | vāta-jūtāḥ | upa | yujyante | āśavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.140.4 English analysis of grammar]