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Rig Veda 1.189.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 189, Mantra 8

Sukta 1.189

Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (not recomputed here)

अवोचाम निवचनान्यस्मिन्मानस्य सूनुः सहसाने अग्नौ । वयं सहस्रमृषिभिः सनेम विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

ávocāma nivácanāny asmín mā́nasya sūnúḥ sahasāné agnáu | vayáṃ sahásram ṛ́ṣibhiḥ sanema vidyā́m eṣáṃ vṛ́janaṃ jīrá-dānum ||

Wir haben die Worte der gefestigten Rede in diesem Agni gesprochen, dem Sohn des Geistes (Mānasa), dem Mächtigen. Mögen wir zusammen mit den ṛṣi das Tausendfache gewinnen; mögen wir diese suchende Kraft und die siegreiche Schar erkennen und erlangen — den Geber, der nicht altert.

अवोचामwe spoke / we have uttered
अवोचाम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
निवचनानिutterances, expressions
निवचनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिवचन (प्रातिपदिक) < वच्
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
मानस्यof the mind / mental
मानस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootमानस (प्रातिपदिक) < मनस्
सूनुःson
सूनुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
सहसानेin the mighty/overpowering (one)
सहसाने:
Adhikaraṇa (with अग्नौ)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootसह् (धातु) → सहमान (कृदन्त)
अग्नौin/unto Agni
अग्नौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सहस्रम्a thousand
सहस्रम्:
Karma (object/measure with सनेम)
TypeNumeral (Noun/Adj.)
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषिभिःwith/through the seers
ऋषिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
सनेमmay we win/obtain
सनेम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootसन्/सना (धातु: to gain, win)
विद्यामmay we know/find
विद्याम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
एषम्this
एषम्:
Karma
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएष (प्रातिपदिक)
वृजनम्enclosure/settlement; (also) battle/hostile press (context-dependent)
वृजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृजन (प्रातिपदिक)
जीरदानुम्having swift-flowing gifts/streams (lit. ‘quick-giving/quick-flowing’)
जीरदानुम्:
Karma (qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootजीरदानु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

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