Rig Veda 8.43.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 17

Sukta 8.43

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत त्वाग्ने मम स्तुतो वाश्राय प्रतिहर्यते । गोष्ठं गाव इवाशत ॥

Transliteration

utá tvāgne máma stutó vāśrā́ya prati-háryate | góṣṭhaṃ gā́va iva ā́śata ||

Translation

And you, O Agni, praised by me, are drawn toward the cry of longing—as cows press toward the byre; so your power moves to the home of our being.

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Word by Word

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Kartā (with passive verb)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: √स्तु (स्तवने) → स्तुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or (also: indeed)
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• आश्राय: having resorted to, taking refuge in
• आश्राय: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकालिक)
• Type: Gerund/Absolutive
• Root: आ-√श्रि (आश्रये) → आश्राय (कृदन्त/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)

• प्रतिहर्यते: is borne/led back toward; is brought in response
• प्रतिहर्यते: मुख्यक्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√हृ (हरणे) → प्रतिहर्यते

• गोष्टम्: to the cowshed, to the cattle-stall
• गोष्टम्: Adhikaraṇa (goal/place) / Karma (as destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Kartā (of the simile-clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (उपमा-निपात)

• आशत: they reached, they came to
• आशत: मुख्यक्रिया (उपमा-वाक्ये)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√अश् (व्याप्तौ/गत्यर्थे; RV: ‘to reach, attain’) → आशत