Rig Veda 1.189.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 189, Mantra 8
Sukta 1.189
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (not recomputed here)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अवोचाम निवचनान्यस्मिन्मानस्य सूनुः सहसाने अग्नौ । वयं सहस्रमृषिभिः सनेम विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
Transliteration
ávocāma nivácanāny asmín mā́nasya sūnúḥ sahasāné agnáu | vayáṃ sahásram ṛ́ṣibhiḥ sanema vidyā́m eṣáṃ vṛ́janaṃ jīrá-dānum ||
Translation
لقد نطقنا بالكلماتِ الراسخة في هذا أغني—ابنِ المَنَس (العقل)، الجبّار. فليكن لنا، مع الرِّشيّين (ṛṣi)، نيلُ الألفِ أضعافًا؛ ولنعرفْ ونمتلكْ قوةَ السعي وجيشَ الظفر—الواهبَ الذي لا يشيخ.
Word by Word
अवोचामwe spoke / we have uttered
अवोचाम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
निवचनानिutterances, expressions
निवचनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिवचन (प्रातिपदिक) < वच्
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
मानस्यof the mind / mental
मानस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootमानस (प्रातिपदिक) < मनस्
सूनुःson
सूनुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
सहसानेin the mighty/overpowering (one)
सहसाने:
Adhikaraṇa (with अग्नौ)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootसह् (धातु) → सहमान (कृदन्त)
अग्नौin/unto Agni
अग्नौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma (object/measure with सनेम)
TypeNumeral (Noun/Adj.)
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषिभिःwith/through the seers
ऋषिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
सनेमmay we win/obtain
सनेम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootसन्/सना (धातु: to gain, win)
विद्यामmay we know/find
विद्याम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
एषम्this
एषम्:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएष (प्रातिपदिक)
वृजनम्enclosure/settlement; (also) battle/hostile press (context-dependent)
वृजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृजन (प्रातिपदिक)
जीरदानुम्having swift-flowing gifts/streams (lit. ‘quick-giving/quick-flowing’)
जीरदानुम्:
Karma (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootजीरदानु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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