Rig Veda 8.19.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 19, Mantra 23

Sukta 8.19

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदी घृतेभिराहुतो वाशीमग्निर्भरत उच्चाव च । असुर इव निर्णिजम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.19.23

Transliteration

yádī ghṛtébhir āhúto vā́śīm agnír bhárata úccā́va ca | ásura iva nirṇíjam ||

Translation

Cuando Agni, invocado con manteca clarificada (ghṛta), alza — y también hace descender — su poder resonante, es como un señor asura que despliega su vestidura radiante.

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Word by Word

• यदी: if/when
• यदी: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• घृतेभिः: with ghee (clarified butter)
• घृतेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत

• आहुतः: having been offered/invoked
• आहुतः: — (विशेषणम्: अग्निः)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival) / Kṛdanta
• Root: आ-हु (√हु) / आहुति

• वाशीम्: a roar/cry (loud sound)
• वाशीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाशिन्/वाशी (प्रातिपदिक) < √वाश्/√वश् (to bellow/roar) (Vedic)

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

• भरत: bore/carried/produced
• भरत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ

• उच्च: high/upwards
• उच्च: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / Adjective used adverbially
• Root: उच्च

• आ: towards, forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• असुरः: an Asura (lordly being)
• असुरः: Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृभावे) / upamāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर

• इव: like/as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• निर्णिजम्: bright garment/cleansing sheen (nirṇij)
• निर्णिजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णिज् (स्त्री/नपुं) < निर्+√निज्/√निञ्ज् (to wash/clean; hence ‘cleansing/brightness/garment’) (Vedic)