Rig Veda 8.19.30: Mandala 8, Sukta 19, Mantra 30

Sukta 8.19

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र सो अग्ने तवोतिभिः सुवीराभिस्तिरते वाजभर्मभिः । यस्य त्वं सख्यमावरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.19.30

Transliteration

prá só agne távotíbhiḥ suvī́rābhiḥ tirate vā́jabharmabhiḥ | yásya tváṃ sakhyám ā́varaḥ ||

Translation

يتقدّمُ قُدُمًا، يا أغني، بعونك الذي يهبُ قوّةَ الأبطال؛ ويتجاوزُ بحَمَلةِ قوّةِ الوفرة، ذاك الذي قبلتَ صُحبته وغطّيتَه بحمايتك.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāman)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• तव: of you, your
• तव: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (tvad-)

• ऊतिभिः: with (your) helps/protections
• ऊतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (prātipadika)

• सुवीराभिः: with good-heroic/strong (helps)
• सुवीराभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वीर (prātipadika; su + vīra)

• तिरते: crosses over, overcomes
• तिरते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (तॄ/तॄत्) ‘to cross over, overcome’

• वाजभर्मभिः: with prize-bearing supports/means (lit. ‘bearing the vāja’)
• वाजभर्मभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: वाज-भर्मन् (prātipadika; vāja + bharman)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (tvaṃ)

• सख्यम्: friendship, alliance
• सख्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (prātipadika)

• आवरः: chose/accepted (took to oneself)
• आवरः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + वृ (dhātu) ‘to choose, accept; to cover/enclose’