Rig Veda 8.39.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 39, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.39

Devata: Agni (with reference to the Vasus)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तत्तदग्निर्वयो दधे यथायथा कृपण्यति । ऊर्जाहुतिर्वसूनां शं च योश्च मयो दधे विश्वस्यै देवहूत्यै नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.39.4

Transliteration

tát-tad agnír váyo dadhé yáthā-yathā kṛpaṇyáti | ūrjā́hutiḥ vásūnāṃ śáṃ ca yóś ca máyó dadhé víśvasyai deváhūtyai nabhantām anyaké samé ||

Translation

Again and again Agni establishes the plenitude of life according as one aspires with need; an offering of strength for the Vasus, he sets in us peace and well-being and delight for the universal calling of the Gods—let the opposing powers be banished elsewhere.

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• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that (again/emphatic)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयः: vigor; vital strength
• वयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधे: has placed/established
• दधे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• यथा: as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• यथा: just as / in whatever way
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• कृपण्यति: is needy/implores; acts as a supplicant
• कृपण्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृपण्य (नामधातु/धातु-प्रयोगः; ‘कृपण’ से)

• ऊर्जा: with strength; by nourishment
• ऊर्जा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुतिः: the oblation
• आहुतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-हुति (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer’)

• वसूनाम्: of the Vasus / of the good ones (wealths)
• वसूनाम्: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well-being
• शम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• मयः: delight; bliss
• मयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दधे: has placed/bestowed
• दधे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• विश्वस्यै: for the all-encompassing (one) / for the universal
• विश्वस्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवहूत्यै: for the invocation/call of the gods
• देवहूत्यै: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवहूति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘देव-आह्वान/देव-हूति’)

• नभन्ताम्: let them burst forth/shine; let them spring up
• नभन्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नभ् (धातु)

• अन्यके: in another (place/way); elsewhere
• अन्यके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्यक (प्रातिपदिक)

• समे: in the same (level/condition); in sameness
• समे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)