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Rig Veda 1.127.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 127, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.127

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional attribution for RV 1.127)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (predominant for RV 1.127; this verse conforms to triṣṭubh movement)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दृळ्हा चिदस्मा अनु दुर्यथा विदे तेजिष्ठाभिररणिभिर्दाष्ट्यवसेऽग्नये दाष्ट्यवसे । प्र यः पुरूणि गाहते तक्षद्वनेव शोचिषा । स्थिरा चिदन्ना नि रिणात्योजसा नि स्थिराणि चिदोजसा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.127.4
Transliteration

dṛḷhā cid asmai ánu duryáthā vide téjiṣṭhābhir araṇíbhir dā́ṣṭy ávase ’gnáye dā́ṣṭy ávase | prá yáḥ purū́ṇi gā́hate tákṣad vánā iva śóciṣā | sthirā́ cid ánnā ní riṇāty ójasā ní sthirā́ṇi cid ójasā ||

Translation

ദൃഢാ ചിദ് അസ്മാ അനുദുര്യഥാ വിദേ; തേജിഷ്ഠാഭിർ അരണിഭിഃ അവസേ അഗ്നയേ ദാഷ്ടി—അവസേ ദാഷ്ടി. പ്ര യഃ പുരൂണി ഗാഹതേ, തക്ഷദ് വനേവ ശോചിഷാ; ഓജസാ സ്ഥിരാ ചിദ് അന്നാ നി രിണാതി, ഓജസാ സ്ഥിരാണി ചിദ് നി രിണാതി.

Word by Word
दृळ्हाःfirm, strong
दृळ्हाः:
Kartā (यः … गाहते इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृळ्ह (प्रातिपदिक; दृढ) < √दृंह्/दृह् (दृंहते ‘to make firm/strong’)
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात) < PIE *kʷid ‘indeed’
अस्मैto him (to this one)
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अनुalong, after
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दुर्यथाwith difficulty
दुर्यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदुर्- + यथा (अव्यय-समास)
विदेhe finds/comes to know
विदे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (वेद ‘to know/find’)
तेजिष्ठाभिःwith the most blazing (ones)
तेजिष्ठाभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootतेजिष्ठ (तेजस्-तमा; ‘most sharp/bright’) < तेजस्
अरणिभिःwith the fire-sticks (arani)
अरणिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअरणि (प्रातिपदिक)
दाष्टिhe gives/bestows
दाष्टि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√दाश्/दास् (दाशति ‘to give, bestow’)
अवसेfor help
अवसे:
Sampradāna (प्रयोजन-दत्तिः)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘help, aid’)
अग्नयेto Agni
अग्नये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
दाष्टिhe gives
दाष्टि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√दाश्/दास्
अवसेfor aid
अवसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
पुरूणिmany (things)
पुरूणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘many’)
गाहतेenters, reaches
गाहते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गाह् (गाहते ‘to plunge into, enter, reach’)
तक्षत्he fashioned/hewed
तक्षत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√तक्ष् (तक्षति ‘to fashion, hew’)
वनाwoods, forests
वना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
शोचिषाwith flame
शोचिषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootशोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘flame, blaze’)
स्थिराःfirm, steadfast
स्थिराः:
Kartā (रिणाति इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
अन्नाfoods, provisions
अन्ना:
Kartā (रिणाति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, away
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रिणातिhe drives away/loosens
रिणाति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√री/√रि (रिणाति ‘to set in motion, impel; to loosen/remove’)
ओजसाby strength
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘might, strength’)
निdown, away
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्थिराणिfirm (things)
स्थिराणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
ओजसाby might
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस्
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