Rig Veda 3.11.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 11, Mantra 8
Sukta 3.11
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for RV 3.11)
Devata: Agni (as Jātavedas)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि विश्वानि सुधिताग्नेरश्याम मन्मभिः । विप्रासो जातवेदसः ॥
Transliteration
pári víśvāni su-dhítā agnér aśyāma mánma-bhiḥ | víprāso jāta-védasaḥ ||
Translation
Moga kami—para resi yang terilham bagi Jātavedas—melingkupi dan meraih segala khazanah Agni yang tersusun baik, dengan fikiran yang kami bentuk: dengan sabda yang bercahaya dan niat batin.
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
विश्वानिall (things), everything
विश्वानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
सुधितानिwell-set, well-ordered, well-arranged
सुधितानि:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसु-धित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; धा/धि ‘to place, set, arrange’)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्यामmay I attain, may I reach
अश्याम:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअश् (धातु; ‘to reach, attain’)
मन्मभिःwith hymns/with thoughts
मन्मभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, hymn, devotion’)
विप्रासःthe inspired poets/seers
विप्रासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
जातवेदसःJātavedas (Agni as ‘knower of births’/‘all-knowing’)
जातवेदसः:
Kartā (समनाधिकरणम् with ‘विप्रासः’)
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Agni)
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