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Rig Veda 8.43.24: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 24

Sukta 8.43

Devata: Agni

विशां राजानमद्भुतमध्यक्षं धर्मणामिमम् । अग्निमीळे स उ श्रवत् ॥

viśā́m rājā́nam ádbhutaṃ ádhyakṣaṃ dhármaṇām imám | agním ī́ḷe sá u śravat ||

I aspire to this Agni—king of the peoples, the wondrous One, the overseer of the laws of right working. May he indeed hear (and respond).

विशाम्of the peoples/clans
विशाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation) — ‘of the clans/peoples’
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक: विश्/विशा ‘जन/कुल/प्रजा’)
राजानम्the king
राजानम्:
कर्म (object) — ‘(I) praise/choose the king’
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √राज् ‘to rule’
अद्भुतम्wonderful, marvelous
अद्भुतम्:
विशेषण (qualifier of कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
अध्यक्षम्overseer, superintendent
अध्यक्षम्:
विशेषण (qualifier of कर्म)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअध्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक: अधि+अक्ष ‘overseer, superintendent’)
धर्मणाम्of the laws/ordinances/rites
धर्मणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘of the ordinances/laws/rites’
TypeNoun
Rootधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √धृ ‘to hold, sustain’
इमम्this
इमम्:
कर्म (object determiner) — ‘this (one)’
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni
अग्निम्:
कर्म (object of ईळे)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
ईळेI praise / I invoke
ईळे:
क्रिया (main verb) — ‘I praise/invoke’
TypeVerb
Root√ईळ्/√ईड् (वैदिक) ‘to praise, invoke’
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (subject of श्रवत्)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
indeed, surely
:
सम्बन्ध-निपात (emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात/अव्यय)
श्रवत्may he hear / let him hear
श्रवत्:
क्रिया (benedictive/imperative sense) — ‘may he hear’
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु ‘to hear’

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