Rig Veda 8.74.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.74
Devata: Agni (with Vṛtrahan aspect)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आगन्म वृत्रहन्तमं ज्येष्ठमग्निमानवम् । यस्य श्रुतर्वा बृहन्नार्क्षो अनीक एधते ॥
Transliteration
ā́ganma vṛtrahántamaṃ jyéṣṭham agním ā́navaṃ | yásya śrutárvā bṛhánn ārkṣó anī́ke édhaté ||
Translation
आम्ही त्या परम वृत्रहंत्या, ज्येष्ठ—प्राचीन-नव—अग्निकडे आलो आहोत; ज्याची विशाल, दूर-ऐकणारी शक्ती प्रकटतेच्या अग्रभागी वाढत व तेजस्वी होत जाते.
Word by Word
आगन्मwe came / we have come
आगन्म:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (√गम्) + आ-
वृत्रहन्तमम्the most Vṛtra-slaying (mightiest slayer of Vṛtra)
वृत्रहन्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्रहन् (वृत्र + हन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
ज्येष्ठम्the eldest / foremost
ज्येष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) (< वृद्ध ‘to grow’)
अग्निम्Agni
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
आनवम्the Anu(-born)/human-associated
आनवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआनव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of/pertaining to the Anu/men’)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्रुतर्वाŚrutárvan (a famed/renowned one; epithet/name)
श्रुतर्वा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootश्रुतर्वन् (श्रुत + र्वन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहन्great
बृहन्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
आर्क्षःthe Ārkṣa (one of Ṛk-lineage / ṛk-associated)
आर्क्षः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootआर्क्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘belonging to Ṛk/ṛṣi/ṛkṣa’; here as an epithet)
अनीकेin the face/front; in the battle-front
अनीके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअनीक (प्रातिपदिक)
एधतेflourishes / is kindled / grows strong
एधते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootइध् (√इध् ‘to kindle, grow, prosper’)
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