Rig Veda 8.11.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 11, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.11
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अन्ति चित्सन्तमह यज्ञं मर्तस्य रिपोः । नोप वेषि जातवेदः ॥
Transliteration
ánti cit sántam áha yajñáṁ mártasya ripóḥ | nópa véṣi jā́tavēdaḥ ||
Translation
وإنْ كان قربانُ ذلك الفاني العدوّ قائمًا قريبًا، فإنك لا تدنو منه، يا جاتافيداس.
Word by Word
अन्तिnear, in the presence (of)
अन्ति:
अधिकारण (समीपे ‘near’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ति (अव्यय; प्रातिपदिक ‘अन्ति’ < PIE *h₂enti ‘in front/near’)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय/निपात)
सन्तम्being, existing
सन्तम्:
कर्म (of वेषि: ‘you pursue/approach’)
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootसत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त) < √अस् ‘to be’
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता (implicit with वेषि: ‘I’)
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्sacrifice, ritual
यज्ञम्:
कर्म (object of वेषि: ‘approach/pursue the sacrifice’)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) < √यज् ‘to worship, sacrifice’
मर्तस्यof the mortal
मर्तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the mortal’)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (प्रातिपदिक) < √मृ ‘to die’
रिपोःof the enemy, hostile one
रिपोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive dependent on मर्तस्य: ‘of the mortal enemy/hostile one’)
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध-निपात)
उपtowards, near
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वेषिyou approach / you pursue
वेषि:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया: ‘you approach/pursue’)
TypeVerb
Root√विष्/वेष् (वेदिक) ‘to seek, pursue, approach’
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni), knower of all births
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन (addressed to Agni)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष: ‘जातं वेदः’ = ‘knower of all that is born’)
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