Rig Veda 2.8.6: Mandala 2, Sukta 8, Mantra 6
Sukta 2.8
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava) (traditional attribution for RV 2.8)
Devata: Agni (with Indra, Soma, and Viśve Devāḥ invoked as allied powers)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable due to longer cadence; needs metrical confirmation from full pada count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्नेरिन्द्रस्य सोमस्य देवानामूतिभिर्वयम् । अरिष्यन्तः सचेमह्यभि ष्याम पृतन्यतः ॥
Transliteration
agnér índrasya sómasya devā́nām ūtíbhir vayám | áriṣyantaḥ sacemahy abhí ṣyāma pṛtanyatáḥ ||
Translation
ດ້ວຍການຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອປ້ອງກັນຂອງອັກນີ, ອິນທຣະ, ໂສມະ, ແລະ ຂອງບັນດາເທບະຍາດ, ພວກເຮົາ, ຜູ້ບໍ່ຖືກເສຍຫາຍ, ຂໍຈະຍຶດໝັ້ນກັບພວກເຂົາ; ແລະ ພວກເຮົາຂໍຈະຊະນະຜູ້ທີ່ຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບພວກເຮົາ, ເອົາຊະນະສົງຄາມພາຍໃນ.
Word by Word
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootसोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतिभिःwith (their) helps/protections
ऊतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऊति- (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अरिष्यन्तःnot being harmed; uninjured
अरिष्यन्तः:
कर्तृ (वयम्-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√ऋष्/अरिष् (धातु; ‘to be harmed, perish’) → अरिष्यत् (वर्त. कृदन्त)
सचेमहिmay we accompany/attain (them); may we be joined
सचेमहि:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=वयम्)
TypeVerb
Root√सच् (धातु; ‘to accompany, join, be associated’)
अभिtowards; against
अभि:
दिशा/उपसर्ग-सम्बन्ध (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्यामmay we be; may we become
स्याम:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=वयम्)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु; ‘to be’)
पृतन्यतःof the hostile fighter; of the assailant
पृतन्यतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive of the opponent) / अपादान-भाव (source of danger)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपृतन्यत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘one who fights/attacks’, from √पृतन्/पृतन्य ‘to fight’)
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