Rig Veda 8.103.7 — Mandala 8, Sukta 103, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.103
Devata: Agni (as Viśpati)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अश्वं न गीर्भी रथ्यं सुदानवो मर्मृज्यन्ते देवयवः । उभे तोके तनये दस्म विश्पते पर्षि राधो मघोनाम् ॥
Transliteration
aśváṃ ná gī́rbhī ráthyaṃ su-dā́navo marmṛ́jyante deva-yávaḥ | ubhé tókē tánaye dasma viśpate párṣi rā́dho maghónām ||
Translation
As men groom a chariot-horse with songs, so the god-seeking givers polish you with hymns. O wondrous lord of the clan, carry across for us the largesse of the bounteous—both for our soul’s child and for our embodied offspring.
Word by Word
अश्वम्horse
अश्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
गीर्भिःwith hymns, with songs of praise
गीर्भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगीर्/गिर् (प्रातिपदिक) < √गॄ/गॢ (गिरति/गिर्: ‘स्तुति-वचन’)
रथ्यम्fit for the chariot, chariot-going
रथ्यम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootरथ्य (प्रातिपदिक) < रथ
सुदानवःthe good givers, generous ones
सुदानवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसुदानु (प्रातिपदिक) = सु- + दानु (‘दानशील’)
मर्मृज्यन्तेthey polish/clean (for themselves); they make bright
मर्मृज्यन्ते:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (मार्जने ‘to wipe/clean/polish’), (वेद. पुनरुक्ति-आधारित धातुरूप: मर्मृज्)
देवयवःgod-seeking worshippers, devotees
देवयवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेवयु (प्रातिपदिक) = देव + यु (‘देव-याजन/देव-सेवक’)
उभेboth
उभे:
कर्म
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तोकेin offspring, in progeny
तोके:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootतोक (प्रातिपदिक)
तनयेin descendants/sonhood, in children
तनये:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootतनय (प्रातिपदिक)
दस्मO wondrous one, O marvelous
दस्म:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootदस्म (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्पतेO lord of the clan/people
विश्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootविश्पति (प्रातिपदिक) = विश् ‘कुल/जन’ + पति
पर्षिcarry across; grant; bestow
पर्षि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/पॢ (परणे/पूरणे/तरणे; वेद. ‘to bring across, to bestow, to carry through’)
राधःbounty, wealth, gift
राधः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
मघोनाम्of the bountiful ones, of the generous
मघोनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘दानशील/समृद्ध’
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