Rig Veda 8.39.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 39, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.39
Devata: Agni (with reference to the Vasus)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तत्तदग्निर्वयो दधे यथायथा कृपण्यति । ऊर्जाहुतिर्वसूनां शं च योश्च मयो दधे विश्वस्यै देवहूत्यै नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
Transliteration
tát-tad agnír váyo dadhé yáthā-yathā kṛpaṇyáti | ūrjā́hutiḥ vásūnāṃ śáṃ ca yóś ca máyó dadhé víśvasyai deváhūtyai nabhantām anyaké samé ||
Translation
かくかくアグニは、求めの切なるに応じて、たびたび生命の充溢を打ち立てる。ヴァス（Vasus）らへの力の供犠として、われらの内に安寧と健やかさと歓喜を据え、万有の神招きのために——敵対の力は他の界へと追放されよ。
Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that (again/emphatic)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
वयःvigor; vital strength
वयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दधेhas placed/established
दधे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
यथाas
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
यथाjust as / in whatever way
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
कृपण्यतिis needy/implores; acts as a supplicant
कृपण्यति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृपण्य (नामधातु/धातु-प्रयोगः; ‘कृपण’ से)
ऊर्जाwith strength; by nourishment
ऊर्जा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
आहुतिःthe oblation
आहुतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआ-हुति (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer’)
वसूनाम्of the Vasus / of the good ones (wealths)
वसूनाम्:
—
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
शम्well-being
शम्:
Karma
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
मयःdelight; bliss
मयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दधेhas placed/bestowed
दधे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
विश्वस्यैfor the all-encompassing (one) / for the universal
विश्वस्यै:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
देवहूत्यैfor the invocation/call of the gods
देवहूत्यै:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदेवहूति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘देव-आह्वान/देव-हूति’)
नभन्ताम्let them burst forth/shine; let them spring up
नभन्ताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनभ् (धातु)
अन्यकेin another (place/way); elsewhere
अन्यके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
समेin the same (level/condition); in sameness
समे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
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