Rig Veda 8.43.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.43
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आरोका इव घेदह तिग्मा अग्ने तव त्विषः । दद्भिर्वनानि बप्सति ॥
Transliteration
ārokā́ iva ghéd áha tigmā́ agne táva tviṣáḥ | dád-bhir vánāni bapsati ||
Translation
Como claras aberturas de luz — en verdad, oh Agni — arden tus agudas intensidades; con tus «dientes» muerdes los bosques.
Word by Word
आरोकाḥlights, flames (bright ones)
आरोकाḥ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआ-रुच् (प्रातिपदिक: आरोका-) / √रुच्
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
घindeed, surely
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ
इद्just, indeed
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद्
अहah (emphatic particle)
अह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअह
तिग्माḥsharp, keen (rays/points)
तिग्माḥ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootतिग्म (प्रातिपदिक: तिग्म-)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक: अग्नि-)
तवof you, your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रत्यय) / तव
त्विषःflashes, splendors, gleams
त्विषः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootत्विष् (प्रातिपदिक: त्विष्-)
दद्भिःwith (his) teeth
दद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदद्भि- (प्रातिपदिक: दद्भि- < दद्भ्/दद्भि ‘tooth’)
वनानिwoods, forests
वनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक: वन-)
बप्सतिgnaws, devours
बप्सति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√बप्स् (वेदिक; ‘to chew/gnaw, devour’)
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