Rig Veda 4.55.8: Mandala 4, Sukta 55, Mantra 8
Sukta 4.55
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (shortened/elliptic close; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्निरीशे वसव्यस्याग्निर्महः सौभगस्य । तान्यस्मभ्यं रासते ॥
Transliteration
agnír īśe vasavyásyāgnír maháḥ sáubhagasya | tā́ny asmábhyaṃ rāsate ||
Translation
Agni gobierna las riquezas que otorgan la morada verdadera; Agni gobierna la gran dicha. Esos poderes de abundancia, que él nos los conceda.
Word by Word
अग्निःAgni (the fire-god)
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
ईशेrules, is lord over
ईशे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootईश् (धातु)
वसव्यस्यof the Vasus / of what belongs to the Vasus
वसव्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवसव्य- (विशेषण/नाम; वसु-सम्बन्धी)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
महःof greatness, of might
महः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमहत्/महि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘greatness, might’)
सौभगस्यof good fortune, of prosperity
सौभगस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसौभग- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good fortune, prosperity’)
तानिthose (things/boons)
तानि:
कर्म (प्रायः) / (सन्दर्भानुसार उद्दिश्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मभ्यम्to us
अस्मभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रासतेthey grant, bestow
रासते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootरा (धातु; ‘to give, grant’)
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