Rig Veda 10.98.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 98, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.98
Rishi: Devāpi Ārṣṭiṣeṇa
Devata: Agni (directly addressed); Parjanya as the action/boon activated
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यं त्वा देवापिः शुशुचानो अग्न आर्ष्टिषेणो मनुष्यः समीधे । विश्वेभिर्देवैरनुमद्यमानः प्र पर्जन्यमीरया वृष्टिमन्तम् ॥
Transliteration
yáṃ tvā devā́piḥ śuśucā́nó agna ārṣṭiṣeṇó manuṣyàḥ samī́dhe | víśvebhir deváir anumádyamānaḥ prá parjányam īraya vṛṣṭimántam ||
Translation
アグニ（Agni）よ、デーヴァーピ（Devāpi）――人なるアールシュティシェーナ（Ārṣṭiṣeṇa）――が燃え立つ炎として汝を焚き起こす。そのとき万神に認められ歓ばれつつ、雨を携えるパルジャニヤ（Parjanya）を動かし、降り注ぐ豊穣の雨を呼び覚ませ。
Word by Word
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
देवापिःDevāpi
देवापिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootदेवापि (prātipadika; proper name)
शुशुचानःshining, blazing
शुशुचानः:
कर्तृ (देवापेः विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Rootशुच् (धातु) → शुशुचान (perf. act. participle)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
आर्ष्टिषेणःĀrṣṭiṣeṇa (name/epithet)
आर्ष्टिषेणः:
कर्तृ (देवापिः/मनुष्यः इत्यस्य सह-सम्बन्धी)
TypeNoun (Proper/Epithet)
Rootआर्ष्टिषेण (prātipadika; epithet/name)
मनुष्यःthe man, mortal
मनुष्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य (prātipadika)
समीधेis kindled / kindles (for himself)
समीधे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-इध् (धातु) → समीधे
विश्वेभिःwith all
विश्वेभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (prātipadika)
देवैःwith the gods
देवैः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (prātipadika)
अनुमद्यमानःrejoicing/being gladdened (in accord)
अनुमद्यमानः:
कर्तृ (मनुष्यः/देवापिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Rootअनु-√मद् (धातु) → अनुमद्यमान (pres. pass./ātmanepada participle)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga/avyaya)
पर्जन्यम्Parjanya (rain-god)
पर्जन्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपर्जन्य (prātipadika)
ईरयset in motion, impel
ईरय:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootईरय (causative stem of √ईर/√इर् ‘to set in motion’)
वृष्टिमन्तम्possessing rain, rain-bringing
वृष्टिमन्तम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootवृष्टि + मन्त (prātipadika)
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