Rig Veda 1.12.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 12, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.12
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कविमग्निमुप स्तुहि सत्यधर्माणमध्वरे । देवममीवचातनम् ॥
Transliteration
kavím agním úpa stuhi satyá-dharmāṇam adhvaré | devám amīva-cā́tanam ||
Translation
Lobe und tritt heran zu Agni, dem Seher, im ungebrochenen Opfergang: dessen Gesetz Wahrheit ist; die göttliche Macht, die innere Krankheit und Unordnung vertreibt.
Word by Word
कविम्the seer/poet (Agni)
कविम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
उपnear, towards; in attendance (as preverb)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्तुहिpraise!
स्तुहि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (स्तवने)
सत्यधर्माणम्him whose ordinances/law are true
सत्यधर्माणम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसत्य-धर्मन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
अध्वरेin the sacrifice/ritual
अध्वरे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
देवम्the god
देवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अमीवचातनम्the dispeller/destroyer of बीमारी/affliction
अमीवचातनम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootअमीव-चातन (समास; प्रातिपदिक; चातन < √चत्/√चद् ‘to drive away, destroy’)
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