Rig Veda 7.16.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 16, Mantra 3
Sukta 7.16
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭha family, Mandala 7)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.16; verse-level meter not exhaustively verified here)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उदस्य शोचिरस्थादाजुह्वानस्य मीळ्हुषः । उद्धूमासो अरुषासो दिविस्पृशः समग्निमिन्धते नरः ॥
Transliteration
úd asya śócír asthād ājuhvā́nasya mīḷhúṣaḥ | úddhūmā́so aruṣā́so divispṛ́śaḥ sám agním indhate nárāḥ ||
Translation
Up rises his flame—of the one who is being invoked, the bounteous giver. Up rise his smokes, ruddy and heaven-touching; thus the human powers kindle Agni together, to build the ascent of consciousness.
Word by Word
उदस्यup/out; of him/its
उदस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) / क्रियाविशेषण (direction ‘up/out’)
TypeIndeclinable/Pronoun
Rootउद् + अस्य (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक) / अस्य (सर्वनाम)
शोचिःthe flame
शोचिः:
कर्तृ (with 3sg verb ‘अस्थात्’)
TypeNoun
Rootशोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘flame, light’)
अस्थात्stood up / arose
अस्थात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
आtowards; forth
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (direction/intensifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जुह्वानस्यof the one who is offering/sacrificing
जुह्वानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the offering one’)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootहु (धातु) → जुह्वान (वर्तमान कृदन्त, शतृ/शानच्-प्रकार) + षष्ठी
मीळ्हुषःof the bountiful (Agni)
मीळ्हुषः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the gracious one’)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootमीळ्हु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful, gracious’; RV form, cf. mīḍhváṃs-)
उत्and; also
उत्:
समुच्चय/उद्गार (connective/emphatic)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (अव्यय)
धूमासःsmokes
धूमासः:
कर्तृ (with plural verb ‘इन्धते’)
TypeNoun
Rootधूम (प्रातिपदिक)
अरुषासःruddy/tawny
अरुषासः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअरुष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ruddy, tawny’)
दिविस्पृशःsky-touching
दिविस्पृशः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeCompound adjective
Rootदिवि (दिव्-प्रातिपदिक, loc. sg.) + स्पृश् (धातु) → स्पृश् (कृदन्त/विशेषण ‘touching’)
सम्together; completely
सम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (together/fully)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अग्निम्Agni (fire)
अग्निम्:
कर्म (object of इन्धते)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्धतेthey kindle / they set ablaze
इन्धते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootइन्ध् (धातु ‘to kindle’)
नरःmen; worshippers
नरः:
कर्तृ (agent of इन्धते)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
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