Rig Veda 10.98.10: Mandala 10, Sukta 98, Mantra 10
Sukta 10.98
Rishi: Devāpi Ārṣṭiṣeṇa
Devata: Agni (primary); rain as requested result (Parjanya implied)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एतान्यग्ने नवतिर्नव त्वे आहुतान्यधिरथा सहस्रा । तेभिर्वर्धस्व तन्वः शूर पूर्वीर्दिवो नो वृष्टिमिषितो रिरीहि ॥
Transliteration
etā́ny agne navatír nava tvé ā́hutāny ádhirathā sahásrā | tébhir vardhasva tanvàḥ śūra pū́rvīr divó no vṛ́ṣṭim iṣitó rirīhi ||
Translation
अग्नि, नवानवे हज़ार बार तुम्हमें आहुति दी गयी है। यह सब तुम्हारे लिए है। तुम शक्ति से बड़े हो जाओ। आसमान से बारिश भेजो हमारे लिए। जो पानी रुका हुआ है, उसको छोड़ दो।
Word by Word
एतानिthese (things/offerings)
एतानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
नवतिःninety
नवतिः:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootनवति (saṅkhyā)
नवnine
नव:
(Qualifier)
TypeNumeral
Rootनव (saṅkhyā)
त्वेin/unto you
त्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
आहुतानिoffered, oblations (that have been offered)
आहुतानि:
Karma
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootआ-हु (dhātu) → आहुत (kṛdanta, PPP)
अधिरथाupon the chariot / on the car
अधिरथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (compound adverbial)
Rootअधि (upasarga) + रथ (prātipadika)
सहस्राthousands
सहस्रा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (prātipadika)
तेभिःwith those / by those
तेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वर्धस्वgrow, increase
वर्धस्व:
(Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (dhātu)
तन्वःbodies, forms, selves
तन्वः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (prātipadika)
शूरO hero
शूर:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootशूर (prātipadika)
पूर्वीःmany/former (ones)
पूर्वीः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (prātipadika)
दिवःfrom heaven / of the sky
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika)
नःto us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वृष्टिम्rain
वृष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (prātipadika)
इषितःimpelled, set in motion
इषितः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootइष् (dhātu) → इषित (kṛdanta, PPP)
रिरीहिstream forth, flow
रिरीहि:
(Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootरी (dhātu; Vedic ‘to flow, run, stream’)
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