Rig Veda 8.7.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 32
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kāṇva(s)
Devata: Agni with Maruts (Agni-Māruta dyad)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सहो षु णो वज्रहस्तैः कण्वासो अग्निं मरुद्भिः । स्तुषे हिरण्यवाशीभिः ॥
Transliteration
sahó ṣú no vájra-hastaiḥ káṇvāsó agním marúdbhiḥ | stúṣe híraṇya-vāśībhiḥ ||
Translation
બળવાન, વજ્રહસ્ત દેવો સાથે અમે કણ્વો—મરુતો સાથે—અગ્નિનું સ્તવન કરીએ છીએ, સુવર્ણ સમી તેજસ્વી વાણીોથી.
Word by Word
सहोstrength, might
सहो:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्- (प्रातिपदिक) / सह् (धातु, ‘सहने’)
षुindeed, surely
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootषु (निपात) अव्यय
णःof us / for us
णः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
वज्रहस्तैःwith the thunderbolt-handed (ones)
वज्रहस्तैः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-compound
Rootवज्र-हस्त- (समास: वज्रः हस्ते यस्य)
कण्वासःthe Kaṇvas (seers)
कण्वासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकण्व- (गोत्र/ऋषिनाम)
अग्निम्Agni (fire-god)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
मरुद्भिःwith the Maruts
मरुद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्-
स्तुषेI praise
स्तुषे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु ‘स्तुतौ’)
हिरण्यवाशीभिःwith golden praises / with golden-voiced hymns
हिरण्यवाशीभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun (instrumental plural) / Compound
Rootहिरण्य-वाशी- (समास; वाशी- ‘स्तुति/वाक्’ इत्यर्थे वैदिक)
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