Rig Veda 10.115.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 115, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.115
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (explicitly self-referential in the verse)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स इदग्निः कण्वतमः कण्वसखार्यः परस्यान्तरस्य तरुषः । अग्निः पातु गृणतो अग्निः सूरीनग्निर्ददातु तेषामवो नः ॥
Transliteration
sá íd agníḥ kaṇvátamaḥ kaṇvásakhā́ryáḥ parásyā́ntarasya tár uṣaḥ | agníḥ pātu gṛṇató agníḥ sūrī́n agnír dadātu téṣām ávo naḥ ||
Translation
هذا هو أغني حقًّا—الأسمى بين آل كَنڤا، رفيق آل كَنڤا، الشريف؛ الغالب لما وراء وما في الداخل. فليحفظ أغني المُنشدَ؛ وليحفظ أغني سادةَ الرِّشي؛ وليهبْنا أغني عونَهم وحمايتَهم.
Word by Word
सःhe; that one
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed; just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात) / इद् (वैदिक निपात-रूप)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
कण्वतमःmost Kanva-like; best friend of the Kanvas
कण्वतमः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootकण्व- + तमप् (तम)
कण्वसखार्यःthe Arya who is a friend of the Kanvas
कण्वसखार्यः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootकण्व-सखि- (समास) + आर्य (प्रातिपदिक) / आर्य- (विशेषण)
परस्यof the farther/other
परस्य:
Adhikaraṇa/सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपर- (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरस्यof the inner
अन्तरस्य:
Adhikaraṇa/सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअन्तर- (प्रातिपदिक)
तरुषःthe overcomer; the one who crosses/overcomes
तरुषः:
Kartā (अग्नेः विशेषण/उपाधि)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootतरुष- (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
पातुmay (he) protect
पातु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पाने/रक्षणे) धातु
गृणतःof the singer/praiser
गृणतः:
Karma/सम्बन्ध (object of protection; genitive in Vedic usage)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootगृ (स्तुतौ) धातु → गृणत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
सूरीन्patrons; bountiful lords
सूरीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसूरि- (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
ददातुmay (he) give
ददातु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने) धातु
तेषाम्of them; for them
तेषाम्:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘for/of them’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवःhelp; protection; favor
अवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us; our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
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