Rig Veda 7.3.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.3

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि यस्य ते पृथिव्यां पाजो अश्रेत्तृषु यदन्ना समवृक्त जम्भैः । सेनेव सृष्टा प्रसितिष्ट एति यवं न दस्म जुह्वा विवेक्षि ॥

Transliteration

ví yasya te pṛthivyā́m pā́jo áśret tṛṣú yád ánnā sam-avṛ́kta jámbhaiḥ | sénāiva sṛṣṭā́ pra-sítis ta étí yávam na dasma júhvā vivekṣi ||

Translation

Wahai Agni, kekuatanmu terbentang di bumi; ketika dengan rahangmu engkau menyingkirkan makanan di tempat-tempat yang kering. Doronganmu yang maju melaju bagaikan bala tentara yang dilepas; wahai yang menakjubkan, dengan lidah-persembahan (juhvā) engkau memilah biji-bijian—membedakan apa yang patut diangkat ke dalam api.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• वि: apart, forth (intensifier/preverb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• यस्य: of whom/whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma)

• पृथिव्याम्: on/in the earth
• पृथिव्याम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (prātipadika)

• पाजः: radiance, might, splendor
• पाजः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाजस् (prātipadika)

• अश्रेत्: has rested/leaned, has come to abide
• अश्रेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु) / Vedic aorist stem

• त्रिषु: in the three (places/realms)
• त्रिषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: त्रि (numeral)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: (links clause)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative)

• अन्नाः: foods, nourishments
• अन्नाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (prātipadika)

• सम्: together, wholly
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• अवृक्त: cut off/cleft/stripped away (Vedic: ‘severed’)
• अवृक्त: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: वृज्/वृञ्ज् (धातु) → kṛdanta ‘वृक्त’ with preverb अव-

• जम्भैः: with jaws/teeth (i.e., biting powers)
• जम्भैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्भ (prātipadika)

• सेना: an army
• सेना: Kartā (upamāna in simile)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (prātipadika)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सृष्टा: released, let loose, sent forth
• सृष्टा: Kartā (as qualifier)
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृष्ट (PPP)

• प्रसितिष्टः: the impeller/advancer; one set forward
• प्रसितिष्टः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्र-√सि/सि (धातु) + तिष्ठ (from √स्था) (Vedic compound)

• एति: goes, advances
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• यवम्: barley
• यवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (prātipadika)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दस्म: O wondrous/skillful one
• दस्म: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: दस्म (prātipadika)

• जुह्वा: with the ladle (sacrificial spoon)
• जुह्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जुहू (prātipadika)

• विवेक्षि: you wish to enter/approach; you seek to reach
• विवेक्षि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√विच्/विविक्ष् (desiderative of √विच्/√विज् in Vedic usage)