Rig Veda 4.8.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 8, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.8

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional for RV 4.8)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable for RV 4.8.1; short 3-pāda structure suggests Gāyatrī-family; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ते राया ते सुवीर्यैः ससवांसो वि शृण्विरे । ये अग्ना दधिरे दुवः ॥

Transliteration

te rāyā́ te su-vī́ryaiḥ sasavā́ṃso ví śṛṇvire | ye agnā́ dadhiré dúvaḥ ||

Translation

তোমার রয়ি (সমৃদ্ধি) ও তোমার সু-বীর্য (শ্রেষ্ঠ বীরশক্তি) দ্বারা তারা বিস্তৃত শ্রবণ ও গ্রহণক্ষমতা লাভ করে—যারা যথোচিত বৃদ্ধি অর্জন করেছে এবং অগ্নিতে তাদের কার্যকর দুভঃ (সেবা/অর্পণ) স্থাপন করেছে।

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रायाः: of wealth / of bounty
• रायाः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रायि- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘wealth, gift’)

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुवीर्याय: for good heroism / for excellent manly power
• सुवीर्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + वीर्य- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ससवांसः: having impelled / having brought forth
• ससवांसः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Perfect active)
• Root: √सू (प्रसवने ‘to impel, set in motion, beget’) → कृत्: ससवांस् (परिपूर्ण/परफेक्ट-भागवत्)

• वि: apart, forth, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• शृण्विरे: they are heard / they listen
• शृण्विरे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (श्रवणे ‘to hear’)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ना: O Agni
• अग्ना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधिरे: they have placed / they have established
• दधिरे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे ‘to place, set’)

• दुवः: worship / service
• दुवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुवस्- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘worship, service, reverence’)