Rig Veda 8.103.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 103, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.103
Devata: Agni (kindled and invoked)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ वंसते मघवा वीरवद्यशः समिद्धो द्युम्न्याहुतः । कुविन्नो अस्य सुमतिर्नवीयस्यच्छा वाजेभिरागमत् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ vaṃsate maghávā vīrá-vad yáśaḥ sam-íddho dyumny ā́-hutaḥ | kúvin no asya su-matír navī́yasī́ ácchā vā́jebhir ā́-gamat ||
Translation
ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു മഹിമാവാൻ മഘവാ വരുന്നു—വീരബലം കൊണ്ടുവരുന്ന യശസ്വി; ജ്വലിച്ചു, ദ്യുമ്നത്തിനായി ആഹ്വാനിക്കപ്പെട്ടവൻ. അവന്റെ സദാ-പുതിയ സുമതി വാജ-ശക്തികളോടെ നേരെ ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു വരികയില്ലയോ?
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
वंसतेseeks; strives for; desires
वंसते:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Root√वस् (vas) ‘to desire/seek; to woo’ (Vedic)
मघवाthe bountiful one (Indra)
मघवा:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (prātipadika)
वीरवत्heroically; with heroes
वीरवत्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (manner) / Karaṇa (associative sense)
TypeAdjective
Rootवीरवत् (from वीर + -वत्)
यशःfame; glory
यशः:
Karma (object/goal of seeking)
TypeNoun
Rootयशस् (prātipadika)
समिद्धःkindled; enkindled
समिद्धः:
Kartā (as predicate/attribute of the invoked deity, esp. Agni) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootसम्-√इध् (idh) ‘to kindle’ → समिद्ध (PPP)
द्यु्म्न्याहुतःinvoked as glorious; called for splendour
द्यु्म्न्याहुतः:
Viśeṣaṇa (epithet of the deity: ‘called/invoked as splendid’)
TypeCompound adjective/participle
Rootद्यु्म्न्य- (adj. from द्यु्म्न ‘splendour’) + आहूत (PPP of आ-√ह्वे/√हू ‘to call/invoke’)
कुवित्whether?; perhaps?
कुवित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकु + वित् (particle)
नःof us; our
नः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)
अस्यof him (i.e., of that one)
अस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (pronoun)
सुमतिःgood thought; favour; benevolence
सुमतिः:
Kartā (subject of ‘come’) / Prārthya (desired boon)
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + मति (prātipadika)
नवीयसिin the newer (fresh) [occasion]; anew
नवीयसि:
Adhikaraṇa (locative circumstance)
TypeAdjective
Rootनवीयस् (comparative adj. ‘newer’)
अच्छाtowards; straight to
अच्छा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअच्छा (avyaya)
वाजेभिःwith prizes; with strengths/booty
वाजेभिः:
Karaṇa (means/attendant gifts)
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (prātipadika)
आगमत्came; may come
आगमत्:
Kriyā (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√गम् (gam) ‘to come’
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