Rig Veda 9.66.19: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 19

Sukta 9.66

Rishi: Traditionally: Soma Pavamāna corpus; specific rishi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for this hymn (needs project-level authority file).

Devata: Agni (addressed as purifier in a Pavamāna context).

Chandas: Likely Jagatī; verify metrically.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्न आयूंषि पवस आ सुवोर्जमिषं च नः । आरे बाधस्व दुच्छुनाम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 9.66.19

Transliteration

agné āyū́ṃṣi pavase ā́ suva ūrjáṃ íṣaṃ ca naḥ | āré bādhasva ducchúnām ||

Translation

O Agni, während du dich läuterst, bringe uns die Fülle der Lebenszeiten — Kraft und antreibende Nahrung; und stoße das Böse und das Unheil weit von uns fort.

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Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयूंषि: lifespans, vital lives
• आयूंषि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवसे: you purify/flow
• पवसे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) / √पु (to purify, flow)

• आ: hither, towards (us)
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सुवः: of welfare / of good (fortune)
• सुवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / हेतु-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवस्-/स्वस्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सुवस्’ = good, welfare; also ‘स्वः’ heaven in other contexts)

• ऊर्जम्: strength, vigor
• ऊर्जम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इषम्: refreshment, nourishment
• इषम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• नः: for us, to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us / of us) संदर्भे
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• आ: away/off (as preverb with √बाध्)
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• अरे: pray!/hey! (interjection)
• अरे: सम्बोधन/उद्गार
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अरे (निपात; विस्मय/सम्बोधनार्थ)

• बाधस्व: drive away!, repel!
• बाधस्व: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध् (to press away, repel, drive off)

• दुच्छुनाम्: of misfortunes/evils (harmful afflictions)
• दुच्छुनाम्: अपादान (from) / सम्बन्ध (of) संदर्भे
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुच्छुना- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘evil hurt/illness, mischief’)