Rig Veda 1.74.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 74, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.74

Rishi: Gopavana Ātreya

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत ब्रुवन्तु जन्तव उदग्निर्वृत्रहाजनि । धनंजयो रणेरणे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.74.3

Transliteration

utá bruvantu jantáva úd agnír vṛtra-hā́ ajani | dhanam-jayó raṇé-raṇe ||

Translation

And let the beings proclaim: ‘Agni has arisen, the slayer of Vṛtra’—the winner of plenitude in every battle, the conqueror in each encounter of the soul.

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Word by Word

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• ब्रुवन्तु: let them speak / may they say
• ब्रुवन्तु: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• जन्तवः: creatures, beings
• जन्तवः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रहा: Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रहा: कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन्)

• अजनि: was born / came into being
• अजनि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)

• धनंजयः: winner of wealth
• धनंजयः: कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: धनंजय (प्रातिपदिक; धनम् + जय)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)

• रणे: in battle (again and again)
• रणे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)