Rig Veda 4.10.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 10, Mantra 4
Sukta 4.10
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.10)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 4.10; confirm against full hymn metrical scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आभिष्टे अद्य गीर्भिर्गृणन्तोऽग्ने दाशेम । प्र ते दिवो न स्तनयन्ति शुष्माः ॥
Transliteration
ābhiṣ te adyá gīrbhír gṛṇánto’gne dāśema | prá te divó ná stanayanti śúṣmāḥ ||
Translation
With these our uttered words, praising you today, O Agni, may we offer ourselves and our gains to you. May your powers surge forth like the thunderings of heaven—forces that awaken and drive out the inertia of darkness.
Word by Word
आभिःwith these
आभिः:
करण (इन/इनके द्वारा)
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) → आभिः (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘इदम्’/‘अस्मद्’ नहीं; ‘अभि’ से बना रूप नहीं) ; वस्तुतः ‘आभिः’ = ‘इदम्’ (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक) का तृतीया बहुवचन स्त्रीलिङ्ग (आ-भिः) वैदिक रूप
इष्टेin the chosen/desired (rite/oblation)
इष्टे:
अधिकारण (in/at the desired rite/oblation)
TypeNoun (neuter abstract/thing desired) / Adjective (desired, worshipped)
Rootइष्ट (√यज् ‘पूजने/यज्ञे’ का क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त) / ‘इष्ट’ प्रातिपदिक
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
अधिकारण (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
गीर्भिःwith hymns/utterances
गीर्भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्री. ‘वाणी/स्तुति’)
गृणन्तःpraising
गृणन्तः:
कर्तृ (we, the praisers)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√गॄ/गृ (स्तुतौ) → गृणत् (शतृ-प्रत्यय, वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootअग्नि (देवता-नाम)
दाशेमmay we offer / let us present
दाशेम:
क्रिया (यजमान-कर्तृक)
TypeVerb
Root√दाश्/दश् (दान/पूजन/सेवा; वैदिक ‘दाश’ = to offer, to present)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः (स्त्री. ‘द्यौः’/नपुं. ‘दिव्’—वैदिक में ‘दिवः’ = ‘from heaven/of heaven’)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय, उपमा)
स्तनयन्तिthey thunder/roar
स्तनयन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्तनय् (गर्जने/मेघनादे)
शुष्माः(your) powers/impulses, mights
शुष्माः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootशुष्म (पुं. ‘बल/तेज/पराक्रम’)
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