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Rig Veda 10.87.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.87

Devata: Agni Jātavedas
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उतालब्धं स्पृणुहि जातवेद आलेभानादृष्टिभिर्यातुधानात् । अग्ने पूर्वो नि जहि शोशुचान आमादः क्ष्विङ्कास्तमदन्त्वेनीः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.87.7
Transliteration

utā́labdhaṃ spṛṇuhi jāta-veda ālebhānā́d ṛṣṭíbhir yātu-dhānā́t | agne pū́rvo ní jahi śóśucāna āmā́daḥ kṣvíṅkās tám adantv énīḥ ||

Translation

Dan orang yang telah tertangkap itu—selamatkanlah dia, wahai Jātavedas, dari yātudhāna yang menyerang dengan tombak. Wahai Agni, yang menyala lebih dahulu, hempaskanlah dia; biarlah para pemakan yang mentah, daya-daya yang menggigit, melahap dia—energi-energi yang melesat cepat.

Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
आलब्धम्seized, grasped, caught
आलब्धम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (Verbal adjective)
Rootआ-लभ्
स्पृणुहिdrive away, repel
स्पृणुहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृ (स्पृणोति)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni), knower of beings
जातवेदः:
Sampradāna (सम्बोधन) / संबोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
आलेभानात्from the one who is seizing/attacking
आलेभानात्:
Apādāna
TypeParticiple (verbal noun)
Rootआ-लभ्
दृष्टिभिःwith (evil) looks, by glances
दृष्टिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदृष्टि (प्रातिपदिकम्)
यातुधानात्from the Yātudhāna (demon)
यातुधानात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootयातुधान (प्रातिपदिकम्)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sampradāna (सम्बोधन) / संबोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिकम्)
पूर्वःthe foremost, the earlier (one)
पूर्वः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिकम्)
निdown, away (intensifier with verb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि
जहिstrike down, slay
जहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
शोशुचानblazing, fiercely shining
शोशुचान:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण) / संबोधन-सम्बन्धी
TypeParticiple
Rootशुच् (शोशुच्-; तीव्र-दीप्त्यर्थे)
आमादःthe raw-eater, devourer (demonic being)
आमादः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआमाद (प्रातिपदिकम्)
क्ष्विङ्काःthe yelpers/howlers (demonic beings)
क्ष्विङ्काः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootक्ष्विङ्का (प्रातिपदिकम्)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
अदन्तुlet them eat/devour
अदन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअद्
एनीःthe sharp ones (lit. pointed; often ‘sharp flames/points’)
एनीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootएनी (प्रातिपदिकम्)
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