Rig Veda 8.102.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 102, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.102
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
हुवे वातस्वनं कविं पर्जन्यक्रन्द्यं सहः । अग्निं समुद्रवाससम् ॥
Transliteration
húve vā́ta-svanaṃ kavíṃ párjanya-krandyaṃ sáhaḥ | agníṃ samudrá-vāsasam ||
Translation
أدعو أَغني—الكَڤي، الرائي—الذي صوته كالريح، وصيحته كالمطرِ الرعديّ، قوّةً؛ أَغني الساكنَ في أعماقِ المحيط.
Word by Word
हुवेI invoke / I call
हुवे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हू (ह्वे) ‘आह्वाने’
वातस्वनम्the wind-sounding one
वातस्वनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवात-स्वन (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘wind-sounding’)
कविम्the sage / seer
कविम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिकम्)
पर्जन्यक्रन्द्यम्the Parjanya-thundering one
पर्जन्यक्रन्द्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootपर्जन्य-क्रन्द्य (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘thundering like Parjanya’)
सहः(him) the mighty one / strength
सहः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
अग्निम्Agni
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिकम्)
समुद्रवाससम्ocean-clad / ocean-dwelling
समुद्रवाससम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi epithet)
Rootसमुद्र-वासस् (प्रातिपदिकम्; ‘having the ocean as garment/abode’)
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