Rig Veda 8.45.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 45, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.45
Devata: Indra (with Agni as the invoked support in the opening condition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ घा ये अग्निमिन्धते स्तृणन्ति बर्हिरानुषक् । येषामिन्द्रो युवा सखा ॥
Transliteration
ā ghā ye agním indháte stṛṇánti bárhir ānúṣak | yeṣām índro yúvā sákhā ||
Translation
അതെ, യാഗാഗ്നിയെ (അഗ്നി) ജ്വലിപ്പിക്കുകയും അനുഷക് ക്രമത്തിൽ ബർഹി (യജ്ഞാസനം) വിരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്ക്—ഇന്ദ്രൻ, എപ്പോഴും യുവനായ ശക്തി, ഉള്ളിൽ സഖാ-മിത്രനായി നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.
Word by Word
आhither, forth (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
घindeed, surely
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (निपात)
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni, the fire
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्धतेthey kindle
इन्धते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइन्ध् (दीप्तौ/प्रदीपने)
स्तृणन्तिthey strew, spread
स्तृणन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्तृ (स्तरणे)
बर्हिःthe sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुषक्in due order, successively
अनुषक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनुषक् (अव्यय)
येषाम्of whom, whose
येषाम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
युवाyoung
युवा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootयुवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सखाfriend, companion
सखा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
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