Rig Veda 1.188.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 188, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.188
Rishi: Agastya
Devata: Ādityas (with ritual setting through Barhis; Agni remains implicit in the rite)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्राचीनं बर्हिरोजसा सहस्रवीरमस्तृणन् । यत्रादित्या विराजथ ॥
Transliteration
prācī́naṃ bárhir ójasā sahásravīram astṛṇan | yátrādityā́ virā́jatha ||
Translation
Ostwärts breiteten sie mit Kraft das Barhis, das heilige Gras, aus, reich an tausend heldenhaften Kräften — dort, wo die Ādityas in weiter Hoheit erstrahlen.
Word by Word
प्राचीनम्the eastern/forward (one)
प्राचीनम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राचीन (प्र- + अञ्च् ‘to bend/turn’ > prā- + cīna ‘turned/front’)
बर्हिःthe sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
ओजसाwith strength, by might
ओजसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रवीरम्having a thousand heroes/men; very manned
सहस्रवीरम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र-वीर (समास; सहस्र ‘thousand’ + वीर ‘hero/man’)
अस्तृणन्they strewed/spread
अस्तृणन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तॄ (स्तृणोति ‘to strew/spread’)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
विराजथyou (pl.) shine forth / are resplendent
विराजथ:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootराज् (वि-राज् ‘to shine/rule’)
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