Rig Veda 3.3.7: Mandala 3, Sukta 3, Mantra 7

Sukta 3.3

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्ने जरस्व स्वपत्य आयुन्यूर्जा पिन्वस्व समिषो दिदीहि नः । वयांसि जिन्व बृहतश्च जागृव उशिग्देवानामसि सुक्रतुर्विपाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.3.7

Transliteration

agné járasva sva-patyá ā́yuni ūrjā́ pinvasva sám iṣó didīhi naḥ | vayā́ṃsi jinva bṛhatáś ca jāgṛva uśíg devā́nām ási su-krátur vipā́m ||

Translation

يا أغني، ازدد فينا لسيادةٍ حسنةٍ ولمسارِ عمرٍ طويل؛ قوِّنا بطاقةٍ مُبهِجة، وأوقد لنا انسجاماتنا. زِدْ قوى تحليقنا، وأيقِظْنا إلى السَّعَة؛ فأنت اللهيبُ المتشوّقُ للآلهة، والذكاءُ الحسنُ الإرادةِ للـṛṣi (الرُّؤاة).

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Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि-

• जरस्व: grow old / endure (live long)
• जरस्व: कर्तृ (आह्वान/प्रवृत्तिकर्ता: अग्नि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जॄ (जर्) / जरस्- (old age) → जरस्व (Vedic injunctive/imperative form)

• स्वपत्ये: in/for good lordship (good mastery, good household rule)
• स्वपत्ये: अधिकरण (लक्ष्य-परिसरः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपत्य- (स्व + पत्य)

• आयुनि: in life / in lifetime
• आयुनि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयु-

• ऊर्जा: with strength / with nourishment
• ऊर्जा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्-/ऊर्जा-

• पिन्वस्व: make (us/it) thrive; invigorate
• पिन्वस्व: कर्तृ (अग्नि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पिव्/√पिन्व् (to swell, make abound, invigorate)

• सम्: together, fully
• सम्: —
• Type: Preverb
• Root: सम्-

• इषः: of refreshment / of nourishment
• इषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्-/इषा- (refreshment, nourishment)

• दिदीहि: shine forth; blaze
• दिदीहि: कर्तृ (अग्नि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दीद्/√दी (to shine, blaze) → desiderative/intensive-like stem दिदी-

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वयांसि: vital powers; vigor
• वयांसि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्- (vital power, vigor; also ‘birds’ in later usage)

• जिन्व: quicken; invigorate
• जिन्व: कर्तृ (अग्नि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जिव्/√जिन्व् (to quicken, set in motion, invigorate)

• बृहतः: of the great (one)
• बृहतः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: बृहन्त्-

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• जागृवः: the wakeful one
• जागृवः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Participle (adjective)
• Root: √जागृ (to be awake) → जागृवस्- (Vedic perfect active participle)

• उशिक्: the eager (priestly) one
• उशिक्: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: उशिज्-/उशिक्- (eager, desirous; a ritual epithet)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-

• असि: you are
• असि: कर्तृ (अग्नि) / विधेय
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (to be)

• सुक्रतुः: of good resolve / good wisdom
• सुक्रतुः: कर्तृ-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: सु- + क्रतु-

• विपाम्: of the inspired poets (seers)
• विपाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्- / विप्र- (in RV: inspired sage/poet; here gen. pl. ‘of the seers/poets’)