Rig Veda 8.102.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 102, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.102
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वया ह स्विद्युजा वयं चोदिष्ठेन यविष्ठ्य । अभि ष्मो वाजसातये ॥
Transliteration
tváyā ha svíd yujā́ vayáṃ códīṣṭhena yaviṣṭhya | abhí ṣmó vā́ja-sātaye ||
Translation
معك حقًّا، رفيقًا مقرونًا بنيرنا، أيّها الأحدثُ سنًّا، وبقوّتك الأشدِّ دفعًا نندفعُ قُدُمًا نحو نيلِ vāja—فيضِ القوّة والاقتدار.
Word by Word
त्वयाby you / with you
त्वया:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed / surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
स्वित्perhaps / indeed?
स्वित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वित् (निपात)
युजाas a yoked companion / with a yoke-fellow
युजा:
करण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootयुज् (धातु) → युज्- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) / युज्- (सहचर/युग्मार्थ)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चोदिष्ठेनwith the most impelling (force)
चोदिष्ठेन:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootचोदिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘चोद’ < √चुद् ‘प्रेरणे’ + इष्ठ-तम)
यविष्ठ्यO youngest (one)!
यविष्ठ्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootयविष्ठ्य (प्रातिपदिक; यविष्ठ = ‘अत्यन्त-युवा/कनिष्ठ’ + -य)
अभिtowards / unto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ष्मःwe
ष्मः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun (enclitic)
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनक्लिटिक ‘स्मः/ष्मः’
वाजसातयेfor the winning of the prize / for prize-attainment
वाजसातये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootवाजसाति (प्रातिपदिक; वाज ‘प्राइज/बल/अन्न’ + साति ‘प्राप्ति/विजय’)
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