Rig Veda 3.11.7: Mandala 3, Sukta 11, Mantra 7

Sukta 3.11

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for RV 3.11)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि प्रयांसि वाहसा दाश्वाँ अश्नोति मर्त्यः । क्षयं पावकशोचिषः ॥

Transliteration

abhí prayā́ṃsi vā́hasā dāśvā́m̐ aśnoti mártyaḥ | kṣáyaṃ pāvaka-śóciṣaḥ ||

Translation

তাঁৰ বহন-শক্তিৰে দানশীল মৰ্ত্যই অগ্ৰগতি-গমনসমূহ (প্ৰগতিশীল লাভ) লাভ কৰে; পাৱক-শোচিষ অগ্নিৰ দীপ্ত পবিত্ৰতাত সি বাসস্থান জয় কৰে।

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, over, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रयांसि: advances, forward courses/impulses
• प्रयांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयस् (प्रातिपदिक; √या ‘to go’ से निष्पन्न भाव/गति-सम्बद्ध)

• वाहसा: by (his) conveying power; by the vehicle/means of carrying
• वाहसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहस् (प्रातिपदिक; √वह् ‘to carry, convey’)

• दाश्वान्: the giver, the worshipper who has offered
• दाश्वान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: दाश्वस्/दाश्वांस् (√दाश्/दश् ‘to give, offer’ का क्त्वंस्/वांस्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)

• अश्नोति: attains, reaches
• अश्नोति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नुते/अश्नोति) ‘to reach, attain, obtain’

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Kartā (दाश्वान् के विशेषण रूपेण) / कर्तृसम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; √मृ ‘to die’ से)

• क्षयम्: dwelling, abode, home
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक; √क्षि ‘to dwell, settle’ / ‘abode’)

• पावकशोचिषः: of the purifying-flamed (Agni)
• पावकशोचिषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the purifying-flamed one’)
• Type: Adjective/Epithet (of Agni)
• Root: पावक-शोचिस् (समास: कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय; पावक ‘purifying’ + शोचिस् ‘flame, radiance’)