Rig Veda 8.27.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 27, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.27
Devata: Varuṇa (with implicit sacrificial fires and Soma context)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वयं वो वृक्तबर्हिषो हितप्रयस आनुषक् । सुतसोमासो वरुण हवामहे मनुष्वदिद्धाग्नयः ॥
Transliteration
vayáṃ vo vṛktá-barhiṣo hitá-prayasa ānuṣák | sutá-somāso varuṇa havāmahe manuṣvád iddhā́gnayaḥ ||
Translation
We, with the barhis strewn and the offering set in place, in the human succession, call you, O Varuṇa. We are pressers of Soma; our fires are kindled in the manner of Manu—may your law of vastness guard and harmonize us.
Word by Word
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वःto you / for you
वः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृक्तबर्हिषःhaving trimmed the sacrificial grass
वृक्तबर्हिषः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootवृक्त-बर्हिस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; वृक्त < √वृज्/√वृञ्ज् ‘to cut/trim’ + बर्हिस् ‘sacrificial grass’)
हितप्रयासःwith offerings duly set/arranged
हितप्रयासः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootहित-प्रयस् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; हित ‘placed/arranged’ + प्रयस् ‘offering/refreshment’)
आनुषक्in proper sequence / duly
आनुषक्:
अधिकारण/क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआनुषक् (निपात/अव्यय; ‘in due order, successively, according to men/usage’)
सुतसोमासःhaving pressed Soma
सुतसोमासः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसुत-सोम (समास-प्रातिपदिक; सुत ‘pressed’ + सोम ‘Soma’)
वरुणO Varuṇa
वरुण:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootवरुण (देवता-प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke / call upon
हवामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति) ‘to call, invoke’
मनुष्वत्in Manu’s way / like men
मनुष्वत्:
अधिकारण/क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमनुष्वत् (अव्यय/उपमान-निपात; ‘like Manu/like men, in the manner of Manu’)
इद्धkindled, blazing
इद्ध:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootइद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इन्ध् ‘to kindle’ → इद्ध ‘kindled, blazing’)
अग्नयःfires / Agnis
अग्नयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
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