Rig Veda 8.103.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 103, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.103
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यस्माद्रेजन्त कृष्टयश्चर्कृत्यानि कृण्वतः । सहस्रसां मेधसाताविव त्मनाग्निं धीभिः सपर्यत ॥
Transliteration
yásmād réjanta kṛ́ṣṭayaś cárkṛtyāni kṛṇvataḥ | sahasra-sā́ṃ medhásātāv iva tmanā́gníṃ dhībhíḥ saparyata ||
Translation
তেওঁৰ পৰা জনসমূহ কৰ্ম-ক্ৰিয়ালৈ উদ্দীপিত হয়, নানা কৰ্ম সম্পাদন কৰে। সহস্ৰবাৰ মেধা-লাভৰ দৰে, আত্মাৰে আৰু ধী-জ্ঞানৰে অগ্নিক সপৰ্যা কৰা—যাতে বহু কৰ্ম বিচক্ষণ জ্যোতিত সুশৃঙ্খল হয়।
Word by Word
यस्मात्from whom / from which
यस्मात्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रेजन्तthey tremble / are shaken
रेजन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरज् (धातु) → रेज्/रेज (कम्पने)
कृष्टयःthe peoples / tribes
कृष्टयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
कर्कृत्यानिhostile acts / harmful deeds
कर्कृत्यानि:
कर्म (कृण्वतः इति क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्कृत्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘कर्कृत्य’ = कर्कश/दुष्कृत्य-प्रकार)
कृण्वतःof (him) doing / of the doer
कृण्वतः:
कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (यस्य कर्कृत्यानि)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootकृ (धातु)
सहस्रसाम्(Agni) of a thousand songs/chantings
सहस्रसाम्:
कर्म (सपर्यत इति)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa) used substantively
Rootसहस्र- + सामन् (प्रातिपदिक) → सहस्रसामन्
मेधसाताव्in/at the winning by wisdom (or: at the gain of sacrifice-skill)
मेधसाताव्:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमेधसा-तृ/मेधसाति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मेधसा’ = बुद्ध्या/यज्ञमेधया, ‘साति’ = प्राप्ति/विजय) → मेधसाति
इवas / like
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
त्मनाby his own self / by his own power
त्मना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootत्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self, own person/power’)
अग्निम्Agni
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
धीभिःwith thoughts / hymns / insights
धीभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधी- (प्रातिपदिक)
सपर्यतlet them worship / they should honor
सपर्यत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसपर्य्/सपर्य (धातु; ‘to honor, worship, attend’)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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