Rig Veda 8.75.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 75, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.75

Rishi: Unknown/uncertain.

Devata: Agni.

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वं ह यद्यविष्ठ्य सहसः सूनवाहुत । ऋतावा यज्ञियो भुवः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.75.3

Transliteration

tváṃ ha yád yaviṣṭhya sáhasaḥ sūno āhuta | ṛtā́vā yajñíyo bhúvaḥ ||

Translation

Jab tumhe bulaaya jaata hai, tab tum sabse chhote ho. Tum taakat ke beta ho. Phir bhi tum sach ka palan karte ho. Tum yagya ke layak ho. Tum hamare kaam ko seedha aur chamakdar bana dete ho.

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Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed, surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• यत्: when/if; that
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun (relative) / Indeclinable use
• Root: यद् (सम्बन्ध/यत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• यविष्ठ्य: O youngest (Agni)
• यविष्ठ्य: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: यविष्ठ्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; यविष्ठ = ‘youngest/most youthful’)

• सहसः: of might/strength
• सहसः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूनव: O son
• सूनव: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• आहुत: O invoked/oblation-receiving one
• आहुत: सम्बोधन
• Type: Participle (past passive) used as epithet
• Root: आ-हु (धातु √हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’; क्त-प्रत्यय)

• ऋतावा: truth-ordered; possessing ṛta
• ऋतावा: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋतावन् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing ṛta’)

• यज्ञियः: worthy of sacrifice
• यज्ञियः: कर्तृ (सम्बन्धी विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञिय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; from यज्ञ ‘sacrifice’)

• भुवः: you became/are (you are as)
• भुवः: क्रिया (अस्ति/भवति-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु ‘to be’; लिट्/लुङ्-न; here: aorist/preterite injunctive form used as finite verb) অথবা भू (तिङन्त-रूप)