Rig Veda 10.21.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 21, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.21
Rishi: Unknown from provided excerpt
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (uncertain)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यमग्ने मन्यसे रयिं सहसावन्नमर्त्य । तमा नो वाजसातये वि वो मदे यज्ञेषु चित्रमा भरा विवक्षसे ॥
Transliteration
yám agne mányase rayíṃ sáhasāvann amartya | tám ā́ no vā́jasātaye ví vo made yajñéṣu citrám ā́ bharā vívakṣase ||
Translation
Whatever felicity you hold in your will, O Agni, O mighty and immortal—bring that to us for the winning of plenitude of force; in our rapture, in the sacrifices, bring the wondrous treasure, seeking to manifest it.
Word by Word
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्यसेyou think/consider
मन्यसे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मन्यते) धातु
रयिम्wealth, bounty
रयिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
सहसावन्O mighty one (possessing strength)
सहसावन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootसहस् + वन् (वन्-प्रत्ययान्त प्रातिपदिक)
अमर्त्यO immortal
अमर्त्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative)
Rootअ-मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्that (him/it)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, forth (as preverb: ‘bring’)
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
नःfor us / to us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (हितार्थे)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वाजसातयेfor winning of prizes/strength (vāja)
वाजसातये:
सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवाज-साति (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
विapart, widely; forth (intensifier)
वि:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वःfor you / of you
वः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मदेin exhilaration/joy
मदे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञेषुin the sacrifices
यज्ञेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्रम्bright, splendid (thing/gift)
चित्रम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither; (with √भृ) ‘bring’
आ:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भराbring!
भरा:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरति) धातु
विवक्षसेyou wish to utter/speak (forth)
विवक्षसे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (विवक्षति/विवक्षते) धातु; desiderative sense ‘wish to speak/utter’
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