Rig Veda 1.97.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 97, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.97

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Short meter with refrain (family of 1.97 apotropaic verses)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र यदग्नेः सहस्वतो विश्वतो यन्ति भानवः । अप नः शोशुचदघम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.97.5

Transliteration

prá yád agnéḥ sáhasvato viśvátó yánti bhā́naváḥ | ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||

Translation

When from Agni, mighty in force, the beams go forth on every side, burn away from us the clinging evil.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• यत्: which, that (which)
• यत्: Karma (of implied verb ‘to go/come forth’ with प्र)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of ‘सहस्वतः’ / of the rays’ source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• सहस्वतः: of the mighty/strong one
• सहस्वतः: Viśeṣaṇa in genitive (qualifying ‘अग्नेः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्वत् (prātipadika; possessive adj. from सहस् ‘might/force’)

• विश्वतः: from all sides, everywhere
• विश्वतः: Adhikaraṇa (directional/locative sense: ‘from all sides’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वतः (avyaya; from विश्व ‘all’ with -तः)

• यन्ति: go, proceed, stream
• यन्ति: Kriyā (main verb); Kartā = भानवः
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (dhātu) ‘to go’

• भानवः: beams, rays
• भानवः: Kartā (of यन्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (prātipadika) ‘light, beam’

• अप: away
• अप: — (modifies शोशुचत्: ‘away’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (upasarga/avyaya)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (with अघम्: ‘our sin/evil’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• शोशुचत्: may (he) burn away / cleanse away
• शोशुचत्: Kriyā (imprecative/benedictive sense); Kartā = (Agni implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच् (dhātu) ‘to shine; to burn; to purify’

• अघम्: evil, sin, harm
• अघम्: Karma (of शोशुचत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (prātipadika) ‘evil, sin, harm’