Rig Veda 3.11.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 11, Mantra 8

Sukta 3.11

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for RV 3.11)

Devata: Agni (as Jātavedas)

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि विश्वानि सुधिताग्नेरश्याम मन्मभिः । विप्रासो जातवेदसः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.11.8

Transliteration

pári víśvāni su-dhítā agnér aśyāma mánma-bhiḥ | víprāso jāta-védasaḥ ||

Translation

願わくは、ジャータヴェーダス（Jātavedas）の霊感ある詩聖たる我らが、形づくられた思い（mána）によって、アグニ（Agni）のよく整えられた宝蔵のすべてをめぐり、そして得ますように。

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Word by Word

• परि: around, all around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• विश्वानि: all (things), everything
• विश्वानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुधितानि: well-set, well-ordered, well-arranged
• सुधितानि: Karma (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सु-धित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धा/धि ‘to place, set, arrange’)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्याम: may I attain, may I reach
• अश्याम: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (धातु; ‘to reach, attain’)

• मन्मभिः: with hymns/with thoughts
• मन्मभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, hymn, devotion’)

• विप्रासः: the inspired poets/seers
• विप्रासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदसः: Jātavedas (Agni as ‘knower of births’/‘all-knowing’)
• जातवेदसः: Kartā (समनाधिकरणम् with ‘विप्रासः’)
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Agni)