Rig Veda 8.56.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 56, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.56
Rishi: Kāṇva / Kāṇvāyana (uncertain from excerpt)
Devata: Agni (with identification/association to Sūrya as the manifested light)
Chandas: Not securely determinable from excerpt alone
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अचेत्यग्निश्चिकितुर्हव्यवाट् स सुमद्रथः । अग्निः शुक्रेण शोचिषा बृहत्सूरो अरोचत दिवि सूर्यो अरोचत ॥
Transliteration
áceti agníś cikitúr havya-vā́ṭ sá sumád-rathaḥ | agníḥ śukréṇa śóciṣā bṛhát-sū́ro arocata diví sū́ryo arocata ||
Translation
Agni s’est éveillé — le Connaissant, le porteur de l’offrande; il vient sur un char de joie. Par sa flamme lumineuse il fait resplendir le vaste Soleil; au ciel le Soleil se révèle en éclat.
Word by Word
अचेतिhe perceived / he became aware
अचेति:
(क्रिया) मुख्य क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√चि (चेतति/चेतयति) → ‘to perceive, notice’
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
चिकितुःof the wise/discerning (one)
चिकितुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective (kṛdanta) used substantively
Root√चित् (चिकेत/चिकित्) ‘to notice, understand’ → ‘wise, discerning’
हव्यवाट्the oblation-carrier
हव्यवाट्:
कर्तृ (अग्निः का विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Adjective (kṛdanta)
Rootहव्य- ‘oblation’ + √वह् ‘to carry’ → हव्या-वह् (agent)
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (अग्निं पुनः निर्दिशति)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
सुमद्रथःhaving a good/joy-giving chariot
सुमद्रथः:
कर्तृ (सः/अग्निः का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootसु- ‘good’ + मद्रथ- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘gladdening/joy-giving chariot’, epithet)
अग्निःAgni
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
शुक्रेणwith bright
शुक्रेण:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootशुक्र- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bright, shining’
शोचिषाwith flame/radiance
शोचिषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशोचिस्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘flame, radiance’
बृहत्great
बृहत्:
कर्तृ (सूर्यः का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘great’
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
अरोचतshone forth
अरोचत:
(क्रिया) मुख्य क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रुच् ‘to shine’
दिविin heaven/in the sky
दिवि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘heaven, sky’
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य-
अरोचतshone forth
अरोचत:
(क्रिया) मुख्य क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रुच् ‘to shine’
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