Rig Veda 8.39.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 39, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.39
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स चिकेत सहीयसाग्निश्चित्रेण कर्मणा । स होता शश्वतीनां दक्षिणाभिरभीवृत इनोति च प्रतीव्यं नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
Transliteration
sá ciketa sahī́yasā agníś citréṇa kármaṇā | sá hotā́ śáśvatīnām dákṣiṇābhir abhí-vṛta inóti ca pratīvyám nabhantām anyaké samé ||
Translation
彼はより強き力によって知る——アグニはその驚異の働きによって。彼は永遠の運行の祭司、正しき施与の供物に囲まれて、敵対の前面を押し進めて打ち破る——敵意の力は他の界へと追い払われよ。
Word by Word
सhe
स:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सः)
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
केतhe perceived/understood
केत:
Kartā
TypeVerb (finite, Vedic injunctive/aorist-like)
Rootचित् (धातु) / केत (प्रातिपदिक)
सहीयसाwith greater strength
सहीयसा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्/सह (प्रातिपदिक: सहीयस्)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
चित्रेणwith brilliant/wondrous
चित्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र
कर्मणाdeed, ritual act
कर्मणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
सhe
स:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सः)
होताHotṛ-priest, invoker
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ
शश्वतीनाम्of the everlasting/continual (ones)
शश्वतीनाम्:
—
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशश्वत्
दक्षिणाभिःwith priestly gifts (dakṣiṇās)
दक्षिणाभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा
अभीवृतःsurrounded, encompassed
अभीवृतः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootअभि-√वृ (वृणोति/वृ) → वृत (कृदन्त)
इनॊतिhe sets in motion, impels
इनॊति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√इ (इणोति)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रतीव्यम्in return, correspondingly
प्रतीव्यम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial)
Rootप्रति-इव (अव्यय-समास/निपात-योगः)
नभन्ताम्let them burst forth/shine
नभन्ताम्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√नभ्
अन्यकेin/at another (place/way)
अन्यके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअन्यक
समेin sameness, in union/meeting
समे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (used adverbially)
Rootसम
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