Rig Veda 8.60.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 60, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.60

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शोचा शोचिष्ठ दीदिहि विशे मयो रास्व स्तोत्रे महाँ असि । देवानां शर्मन्मम सन्तु सूरयः शत्रूषाहः स्वग्नयः ॥

Transliteration

śócā śóciṣṭha dīdihí viśé máyo rásva stótre mahā́ṃ asi | devā́nāṃ śárman máma santu sūráyaḥ śatrū-sā́haḥ sv-agnáyaḥ ||

Translation

Menyala-lah, wahai yang paling bercahaya; bersinarlah bagi umat. Kurniakan mayaḥ—kenikmatan ilahi—kepada nyanyian pujian kami; kerana Engkau maha besar. Semoga para wira-ku bernaung dalam lindungan para dewa—penewas musuh, yang memiliki Api yang baik di dalam diri.

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Word by Word

• शोचा: shine! / blaze!
• शोचा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्

• शोचिष्ठ: O most brilliant (one)!
• शोचिष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: शुच् (शोचिष्ठ = superlative stem from √शुच्)

• दीदिहि: shine forth!
• दीदिहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीद्/दीदी (intensive of √दी ‘to shine’)

• विशे: for the people/clan
• विशे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: विś् (प्रातिपदिक: विś ‘clan, people’)

• मयः: delight; refreshment
• मयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयस् (prātipadika) / also connected with √मि ‘to gladden’ in sense

• रास्व: grant! / give!
• रास्व: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रा (√रा ‘to give, grant’)

• स्तोत्रे: in/at the hymn of praise
• स्तोत्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (prātipadika from √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• महान्: great
• महान्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (prātipadika)

• असि: thou art
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (√अस् ‘to be’)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• शर्मन्: in (their) shelter/protection
• शर्मन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (prātipadika)

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronominal stem)

• सन्तु: let there be / may they be
• सन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (√अस् ‘to be’)

• सूरयः: patrons; bountiful lords
• सूरयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूरि (prātipadika)

• शत्रूषाहः: enemy-overpowering
• शत्रूषाहः: Kartā (apposition to सूरयः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शत्रू-षाह् (compound: शत्रु ‘enemy’ + √सह् ‘to overpower/endure’; prātipadika शत्रूषाह्)

• स्वग्नयः: well-fired; possessing good Agni (i.e., with good sacrificial fire)
• स्वग्नयः: Kartā (apposition to सूरयः)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्वग्नि (prātipadika; Vedic epithet, lit. ‘having good fire’/‘goodly fires’)