Mantra 7
Sukta 7.15
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for much of Maṇḍala 7; hymn 7.15 addressed to Agni in Vasiṣṭha cycle)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (hymn section predominantly Tr̥ṣṭubh; this verse fits the Tr̥ṣṭubh cadence)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नि त्वा नक्ष्य विश्पते द्युमन्तं देव धीमहि । सुवीरमग्न आहुत ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
नि त्वा॑ नक्ष्य विश्पते द्यु॒मन्तं॑ देव धीमहि । सु॒वीर॑मग्न आहुत ॥
Transliteration
ní tvā́ nakṣya viśpate dyumántaṃ deva dhīmahi | suvī́ram agna āhuta ||
Translation
We settle our thought on you, O lord of the people; O luminous god, we hold you in our inner awareness—O Agni invoked by the offering—so that the heroic force may be born in us.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
नि । त्वा॒ । न॒क्ष्य॒ । वि॒श्प॒ते॒ । द्यु॒ऽमन्त॑म् । दे॒व॒ । धी॒म॒हि॒ । सु॒ऽवीर॑म् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ॒ऽहु॒त॒ ॥नि । त्वा । नक्ष्य । विश्पते । द्युमन्तम् । देव । धीमहि । सुवीरम् । अग्ने । आहुत ॥ni | tvā | nakṣya | viśpate | dyu-mantam | deva | dhīmahi | su-vīram | agne | āhuta
Word by Word
निdown; in; towards (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga) < PIE *ni
त्वाyou (object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun stem)
नक्ष्यreach (us); come; attain
नक्ष्य:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु) ‘to reach, attain’
विश्पतेO lord of the clan/people
विश्पते:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootविश्-पति (prātipadika: ‘clan/settlement-lord’)
द्यु॒मन्तम्brilliant; radiant
द्यु॒मन्तम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वा)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्यु-मत् (prātipadika: ‘possessing brilliance’)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootदेव (prātipadika)
धीमहिwe place (in mind); we meditate; we invoke with thought
धीमहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) ‘to place; (in Vedic) to set/hold in thought; to meditate’
सु॒वीरम्rich in good heroes; having brave sons
सु॒वीरम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वा)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-वीर (prātipadika: ‘having good heroes/men’)
अग्नO Agni
अग्न:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
आहुतO (thou) invoked/offered-to; oblated
आहुत:
Sambodhana
TypeParticiple (PPP used as adjective)
Rootआ-हु (धातु) ‘to pour/offer’ → past passive participle आहुत