Rig Veda 7.8.6: Mandala 7, Sukta 8, Mantra 6

Sukta 7.8

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni (and the empowered Word for Agni)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify by scansion)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इदं वचः शतसाः संसहस्रमुदग्नये जनिषीष्ट द्विबर्हाः । शं यत्स्तोतृभ्य आपये भवाति द्युमदमीवचातनं रक्षोहा ॥

Transliteration

idáṃ vácaḥ śatá-sāḥ sáṃsahasram úd agnáye janiṣīṣṭa dví-bárhāḥ | śáṃ yát stotṛ́bhya ā́paye bhávāti dyumád amīva-cā́tanaṃ rakṣó-hā ||

Translation

এই বাণী—শতশক্তি, সহস্রগুণ—অগ্নির জন্য ঊর্ধ্বমুখে জন্ম নিক, হে দ্বি-বর্হা (দ্বি-আধার/দ্বি-ধারক)। এটি স্তোতাদের পানযোগ্য শান্তি ও পরিতৃপ্তি হোক—দ্যুতিমান, রোগ-নিবারক, এবং রক্ষো-হা (রাক্ষস-নাশক)।

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Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वचः: utterance, speech
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतसाः: hundredfold
• शतसाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतसा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शत’ + -स)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्: up, forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (उपसर्ग)

• अग्नये: for Agni
• अग्नये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनिषीष्ट: may you beget/produce (for yourself); bring forth
• जनिषीष्ट: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनि/जन) + सन् (इच्छार्थक) → जनिषीष्

• द्विबर्हाः: twofold-lofty; having two elevations
• द्विबर्हाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: द्वि-बर्हस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘two’ + ‘height/loftiness’)

• शम्: well-being, welfare
• शम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय)

• यत्: which, that (benefit)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोतृभ्यः: to the praisers
• स्तोतृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• आपये: for help/aid; for refreshment
• आपये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, aid, refreshment’)

• भवाति: becomes; comes to be
• भवाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू

• द्युमत्: splendid, radiant
• द्युमत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्युमत् (प्रातिपदिक; द्यु ‘splendour’ + -मत्)

• अमीवचातनम्: driving away of sickness
• अमीवचातनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (action/result)
• Root: अमीव-चातन (प्रातिपदिक; अमीव ‘disease’ + √चत्/चातय् ‘to drive away’)

• रक्षोहा: slayer of demons (rakṣas)
• रक्षोहा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (agent epithet)
• Root: रक्षस्-हन् (प्रातिपदिक; रक्षस् ‘demon’ + √हन् ‘to slay’)