Rig Veda 8.84.5 — Mandala 8, Sukta 84, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.84
Devata: Agni (as sahas—forceful power), with a reflective turn toward correct devatā-address
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दाशेम कस्य मनसा यज्ञस्य सहसो यहो । कदु वोच इदं नमः ॥
Transliteration
dā́śema kásya mánasā yajñásya sahaso yaho | kádu voca idáṃ námaḥ ||
Translation
हे सहसो (बल-ऊर्जा) यहो! कोणासाठी, कोणत्या मनाने आम्ही हा यज्ञ अर्पण करू? आणि केव्हा मी हे नमः—हे आत्म-निवेदन, ही सत्य प्रणती—उच्चारू शकेन?
Word by Word
दाशेमmay we offer / may we give (as a gift/oblation)
दाशेम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√दाश् (दाशति) / दाश्- (देय/दानार्थ) धातु
कस्यof whom? / whose?
कस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मनसाwith (the) mind / by thought
मनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
सहसःof strength / of might
सहसः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यहोO! / indeed (exclamatory particle)
यहो:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयहो (वैदिक अव्यय/सम्बोधन-प्रयोगः; ‘यहो’ इति विस्मय/आह्वानार्थकः निपातः)
कदुwhen indeed? / how then?
कदु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदु (वैदिक निपातः)
वोचI spoke / I shall speak (aorist: ‘I uttered’)
वोच:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (वक्ति) धातु
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नमःhomage / salutation
नमः:
Karma (as uttered/paid homage) / or Predicative
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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