Rig Veda 1.93.10: Mandala 1, Sukta 93, Mantra 10

Sukta 1.93

Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa

Devata: Agniṣomā

Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्नीषोमावनेन वां यो वां घृतेन दाशति । तस्मै दीदयतं बृहत् ॥

Transliteration

agnī́ṣomāv anéna vāṃ yó vāṃ ghṛténa dā́śati | tásmai dīdayataṃ bṛhát ||

Translation

Agni und Soma, dem, der euch mit diesem Ghee darbringt — lasst für ihn das Weite erglänzen; lasst das große Licht auflodern.

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Word by Word

• अग्नीषोमा: O Agni and Soma
• अग्नीषोमा: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: अग्नि- + सोम- (द्वन्द्व-समास प्रातिपदिक) → अग्नीषोम-

• अवनेन: with protection / by safeguarding
• अवनेन: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवन- (अव् ‘रक्षण/पालन’ धातु से भाव/करण-नाम)

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of you two’) / कर्म (accusative: ‘you two’)—here with दाशति: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (2nd person pronoun)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (relative pronoun)

• वाम्: to/for you two
• वाम्: कर्म (with दाशति)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्-

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत-

• दाशति: offers / presents
• दाशति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: दाश् (√dāś ‘to worship/offer, present’)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्-

• दीदयतम्: shine forth (you two)
• दीदयतम्: क्रिया (आज्ञा) — कर्तृ: अग्नीषोमा
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीद्/दी (√dī ‘to shine’; intensive/reduplicated stem दीदय-)

• बृहत्: greatly / the great (splendour)
• बृहत्: विशेषण/क्रियाविशेषण (manner/result of shining)
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially/predicatively)
• Root: बृहन्त्- (विशेषण)