Rig Veda 10.87.14: Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Mantra 14
Sukta 10.87
Rishi: Kavya Uśanas (traditional)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परा शृणीहि तपसा यातुधानान्पराग्ने रक्षो हरसा शृणीहि । परार्चिषा मूरदेवाञ्छृणीहि परासुतृपो अभि शोशुचानः ॥
Transliteration
párā śṛṇīhi tápasā yātudhā́nān párāgne rákṣo hárasā śṛṇīhi | párārcíṣā mū́radevān śṛṇīhi párā asutṛ́paḥ abhí śóśucānaḥ ||
Translation
अग्ने, तपसा यातुधानान् परा शृणीहि; अग्ने, हरसा रक्षः परा शृणीहि। अर्चिषा मूरदेवान् परा शृणीहि; अभि शोशुचानः असुतृपः परा शृणीहि।
Word by Word
पराaway, forth, off
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/निपात)
शृणीहिcrush! shatter!
शृणीहि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√शृ (शृणोति) / √शॄ (शृणाति) ‘to break, crush, shatter’
तपसाwith heat/ardour, by austerity
तपसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यातुधानान्the sorcerers/demons (Yātudhānas)
यातुधानान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
पराaway
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/निपात)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sampradāna (आह्वान/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
रक्षःthe demon/evil spirit (Rákṣas)
रक्षः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
हरसाwith flame/heat, with fiery might
हरसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
शृणीहिcrush!
शृणीहि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√शृ (शृणोति) / √शॄ (शृणाति) ‘to break, crush’
पराaway
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/निपात)
अर्चिषाwith (your) flame, by the blaze
अर्चिषा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
मूरदेवान्the ‘Mūra-devas’ (a class of hostile beings)
मूरदेवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमूरदेव (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘मूर’ + ‘देव’)
शृणीहिcrush!
शृणीहि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√शृ (शृणोति) / √शॄ (शृणाति) ‘to break, crush’
पराaway
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/निपात)
असुतृपःthe insatiable ones / those not satisfied with life (hostile beings)
असुतृपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअसुतृप् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘असु’ + √तृप् ‘to be satisfied’ → ‘life-sapping/unsated’)
अभिtowards, against
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
शोशुचानःblazing, burning fiercely (he/you), as one who burns
शोशुचानः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√शुच् ‘to shine, burn, be hot’ (intensive/reduplicated present stem शोशुच-)
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