Rig Veda 5.9.7: Mandala 5, Sukta 9, Mantra 7

Sukta 5.9

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable for 5.9)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain from single verse; requires scan of full hymn 5.9)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तं नो अग्ने अभी नरो रयिं सहस्व आ भर । स क्षेपयत्स पोषयद्भुवद्वाजस्य सातय उतैधि पृत्सु नो वृधे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.9.7

Transliteration

táṃ no agne abhī́ náro rayíṃ sahasva ā́ bhara | sá kṣépayat sá póṣayad bhúvad vā́jasya sā́taya utá édhi pṛtsú no vṛ́dhe ||

Translation

That wealth of being bring to us, O Agni, for our human kind; bring it with victorious force. May it cast down the adverse, may it foster our increase; may it become for us the winning of plenitude of power, and be our growth in the battles.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभी: towards, unto
• अभी: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नरः: men
• नरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• रयिम्: wealth
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्वः: O mighty one
• सहस्वः: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बल/साहस’)

• आ: hither, forth
• आ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भर: bring
• भर: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षेपयत्: may he drive forth / hurl
• क्षेपयत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षिप् (क्षेपणे) → क्षेपय (णिच्-प्रयोगः)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पोषयत्: may he nourish
• पोषयत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पुष् (पोषणे) → पोषय (णिच्-प्रयोगः)

• भुवत्: let him be / become
• भुवत्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवने)

• वाजस्य: of prize/strength (vāja)
• वाजस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• सातये: for winning
• सातये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: साति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘प्राप्ति/विजय’)

• उत: and also
• उत: (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात/अव्यय)

• एधि: be kindled; prosper
• एधि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इध् (दीप्तौ/वर्धने)

• पृत्सु: in battles
• पृत्सु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृत्/पृत्स् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘युद्ध/संघर्ष’)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृधे: for increase, for growth
• वृधे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृध् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; ‘वृद्धि’)