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Rig Veda 8.44.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 44, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.44

Devata: Agni

उत्ते बृहन्तो अर्चयः समिधानस्य दीदिवः । अग्ने शुक्रास ईरते ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.44.4

út te bṛhánto arcáyaḥ samidhāná­sya dīdivaḥ | agne śukrā́sa īrate ||

अग्नि, जब तुम आग पकड़ते हो और चमकने लगते हो, तुम्हारी किरणें ऊपर जाती हैं। वोह बड़ी बड़ी लातें हैं और चमक करती हैं। तेरी यह शक्ति साफ दिखती है और काम करती है।

उत्up; forth; indeed
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (उपसर्ग/निपात)
तेof you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
बृहन्तःthe great ones
बृहन्तः:
कर्तृ (of ‘अर्चयः’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootबृहन्त् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; < बृह् ‘to grow, be great’)
अर्चयःpraisers; singers (of praise)
अर्चयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चि/अर्च् (धातु ‘to praise, sing’); here noun from √अर्च्
समिधानस्यof the kindled (one); of the kindling (fire)
समिधानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation with ‘दीदिवः’/context)
TypeParticiple (adjectival) used as noun-genitive
Rootसम्-इध् (धातु ‘to kindle’) → समिधान (कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय) ‘being kindled’
दीदिवःthe shining ones; the radiant (praisers)
दीदिवः:
कर्तृ (of implied/understood action with preceding phrase) / apposition to ‘बृहन्तः अर्चयः’
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदीदिवस् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; from √दीप्/√दिव् ‘to shine’ with reduplication, ‘shining, radiant’)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
शुक्रासःthe bright ones; the shining (flames/rays)
शुक्रासः:
कर्तृ (of ‘ईरते’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशुक्र (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक ‘bright, pure, shining’)
ईरतेthey rise; they are set in motion
ईरते:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootईर्/इर् (धातु; Vedic: ‘to set in motion, to rise, to hasten’)

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