Rig Veda 7.12.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 12, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.12

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अगन्म महा नमसा यविष्ठं यो दीदाय समिद्धः स्वे दुरोणे । चित्रभानुं रोदसी अन्तरुर्वी स्वाहुतं विश्वतः प्रत्यञ्चम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.12.1

Transliteration

áganma mahā́ námasā yáviṣṭhaṃ yó dīdā́ya samíddhaḥ své duróṇe | citrá-bhānuṃ ródasī antár urvī́ svā́hutaṃ viśvátah prátyañcam ||

Translation

We have come with a great surrender to the youngest Flame, who shines when kindled in his own home. His many-coloured radiance fills the two worlds within their wideness; well-offered, he turns from every side towards us.

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Word by Word

• अगन्म: we went / we approached
• अगन्म: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (√gam)

• महा: greatly
• महा: Karaṇa (manner/instrumental sense adverbially)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (prātipadika: महा-)

• नमसा: with reverence / with homage
• नमसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्

• यविष्ठम्: the youngest (one)
• यविष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यविष्ठ (superl. of युवा/युवन् ‘young’)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• दीदाय: has shone / has given light
• दीदाय: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (√dā) with reduplication (दीदाय)

• समिद्धः: kindled, blazing
• समिद्धः: Kartā (as qualifier of यः)
• Type: Participle
• Root: सम्-इध् (√idh ‘to kindle’) → समिद्ध (PPP)

• स्वे: in his own
• स्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: स्व (pronominal stem)

• दुरोणे: in the dwelling / house
• दुरोणे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरोण (house, dwelling)

• चित्रभानुम्: the bright-flamed / of wondrous radiance
• चित्रभानुम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: चित्र-भानु (compound prātipadika)

• रोदसी: heaven and earth (the two worlds)
• रोदसी: Karma (spatial extent: ‘the two worlds’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (dual ‘heaven-and-earth’)

• अन्तः: within
• अन्तः: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘within’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्तर्

• उर्वी: broad, wide
• उर्वी: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उर्वी

• स्वाहुतम्: well-offered / duly invoked
• स्वाहुतम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: सु-आहुत (PPP of आ-हु √hu ‘to offer/invoke’, with सु-)

• विश्वतः: from all sides
• विश्वतः: Adhikaraṇa (directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्व (with -तः)

• प्रत्यञ्चम्: facing toward (us), turned hither
• प्रत्यञ्चम्: Karma (as epithet of the deity addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-अञ्च् (prātipadika: प्रत्यञ्च ‘turned toward’)