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Rig Veda 8.60.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 60, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.60

Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; needs metrical verification)

शोचा शोचिष्ठ दीदिहि विशे मयो रास्व स्तोत्रे महाँ असि । देवानां शर्मन्मम सन्तु सूरयः शत्रूषाहः स्वग्नयः ॥

śócā śóciṣṭha dīdihí viśé máyo rásva stótre mahā́ṃ asi | devā́nāṃ śárman máma santu sūráyaḥ śatrū-sā́haḥ sv-agnáyaḥ ||

হে অতি দীপ্তিমান অগ্নি, জ্বলি উঠা, অধিক দীপ্তি দিয়া প্ৰকাশ কৰা; জনসমাজৰ বাবে দীপ্ত হওঁ। আমাৰ স্তোত্ৰত ময়ঃ (আনন্দ-কল্যাণ) দান কৰা; কিয়নো তুমি মহান। দেৱসকলৰ শৰণত মোৰ সূৰ্যসম বীৰসকল থাকক—শত্ৰুনাশক, অন্তৰত সুৱগ্নি (শুভ অগ্নি) ধাৰণকাৰী।

शोचाshine! / blaze!
शोचा:
TypeVerb
Rootशुच्
शोचिष्ठO most brilliant (one)!
शोचिष्ठ:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootशुच् (शोचिष्ठ = superlative stem from √शुच्)
दीदिहिshine forth!
दीदिहि:
TypeVerb
Rootदीद्/दीदी (intensive of √दी ‘to shine’)
विशेfor the people/clan
विशे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootविś् (प्रातिपदिक: विś ‘clan, people’)
मयःdelight; refreshment
मयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमयस् (prātipadika) / also connected with √मि ‘to gladden’ in sense
रास्वgrant! / give!
रास्व:
TypeVerb
Rootरा (√रा ‘to give, grant’)
स्तोत्रेin/at the hymn of praise
स्तोत्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोत्र (prātipadika from √स्तु ‘to praise’)
महान्great
महान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (prātipadika)
असिthou art
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (√अस् ‘to be’)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (prātipadika)
शर्मन्in (their) shelter/protection
शर्मन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन् (prātipadika)
ममof me; my
मम:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronominal stem)
सन्तुlet there be / may they be
सन्तु:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (√अस् ‘to be’)
सूरयःpatrons; bountiful lords
सूरयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूरि (prātipadika)
शत्रूषाहःenemy-overpowering
शत्रूषाहः:
Kartā (apposition to सूरयः)
TypeAdjective
Rootशत्रू-षाह् (compound: शत्रु ‘enemy’ + √सह् ‘to overpower/endure’; prātipadika शत्रूषाह्)
स्वग्नयःwell-fired; possessing good Agni (i.e., with good sacrificial fire)
स्वग्नयः:
Kartā (apposition to सूरयः)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootस्वग्नि (prātipadika; Vedic epithet, lit. ‘having good fire’/‘goodly fires’)

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