Rig Veda 3.16.3: Mandala 3, Sukta 16, Mantra 3

Sukta 3.16

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; confirm in edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स त्वं नो रायः शिशीहि मीढ्वो अग्ने सुवीर्यस्य । तुविद्युम्न वर्षिष्ठस्य प्रजावतोऽनमीवस्य शुष्मिणः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.16.3

Transliteration

sá tváṃ no rāyáḥ śiśīhi mī́ḍhvo agne su-vī́ryasya | tuví-dyumna várṣiṣṭhasya prajā́vato 'namī́vasya śuṣmíṇaḥ ||

Translation

Así pues, oh Agni, generoso Mīḍhvan, afila para nosotros las riquezas del verdadero vīrya (poder heroico): abundantes en esplendor, las más lluviosas en aumento, ricas en prole, sin daño, llenas de fuerza.

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Word by Word

• सः: he (that one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स-

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रायः: of wealth (of riches)
• रायः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्-/रायि- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘wealth, gift’)

• शिशीहि: sharpen/strengthen (grant, make strong)
• शिशीहि: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शा/शि (शिश्) ‘to sharpen, whet; to strengthen’

• मीढ्वः: of the bountiful one
• मीढ्वः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मीढ्वस्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful, giver/rewarder’)

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

• सुवीर्यस्य: of good heroism/valour
• सुवीर्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + वीर्य- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुविद्युम्न: O very-splendid (much-renowned)
• तुविद्युम्न: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: तुवि- (‘much, very’) + द्युम्न- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘splendour, fame, might’)

• वर्षिष्ठस्य: of the most excellent / most bountiful
• वर्षिष्ठस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective (superlative)
• Root: वर्षिष्ठ- (वृष्/वर्ष् ‘to rain, to pour’ → superlative adj. ‘most showering/most excellent’)

• प्रजावतः: of the one possessing offspring
• प्रजावतः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र- + जा- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘offspring’) + वत् (मतुप्) → प्रजावत्-

• अनमीवस्य: of the disease-less (unharmed)
• अनमीवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्- (नञ्) + अमीव- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘disease, harm’) → अनमीव-

• शुष्मिणः: of the vigorous/mighty one
• शुष्मिणः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुष्मिन्- (प्रातिपदिक: ‘vigorous, mighty’)