Rig Veda 10.87.22: Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Mantra 22
Sukta 10.87
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; two lines with ~8 syllables each pāda in many editions—needs confirmation from full pada counts)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
परि त्वाग्ने पुरं वयं विप्रं सहस्य धीमहि । धृषद्वर्णं दिवेदिवे हन्तारं भङ्गुरावताम् ॥
Transliteration
pari tvāgne puraṃ vayaṃ vipraṃ sahasya dhīmahi | dhṛṣadvarṇaṃ divedive hantāraṃ bhaṅgurāvatām ||
Translation
परि त्वाम् अग्ने पुरं वयं विप्रं सहस्य धीमहि। धृषद्वर्णं दिवे-दिवे हन्तारं भङ्गुरावताम् इति त्वां धारयामः॥
Word by Word
परिaround, all around
परि:
Adhikaraṇa (परितः/पर्यन्ते—क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
त्वाyou (acc. sg.)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
पुरम्the stronghold, fort, city
पुरम्:
Karma (परि…—परितः ‘पुरम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootपुर्/पुर (प्रातिपदिक: पुर् ‘नगर/दुर्ग’)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
विप्रम्the inspired sage/poet (as epithet), inspired one
विप्रम्:
Karma (धीमहि—‘विप्रम्’ अग्निम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootविप्र
सहस्यof strength, of might
सहस्य:
Sambandha (विप्रम्—‘सहस्य’ = of might)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस् (प्रातिपदिक: सहस् ‘बल/वीर्य’)
धीमहिwe place/establish; we meditate upon
धीमहि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु; वेदिक प्रयोग ‘धी’/‘ध्या’—धारण/ध्यान/स्थापन)
धृषद्वर्णम्of bold/impetuous color; fierce-hued
धृषद्वर्णम्:
Karma (धीमहि—अग्निम्, विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootधृषद्-वर्ण (समास; धृषद् < धृष् ‘धर्षणे/साहसे’ + वर्ण)
दिवे-दिवेday by day
दिवे-दिवे:
Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun (reduplicated adverbial)
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिवस/दिव)
हन्तारम्the slayer, destroyer
हन्तारम्:
Karma (धीमहि—अग्निम् ‘हन्तारम्’ इति)
TypeAgent noun
Rootहन् (धातु) → हन्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
भङ्गुरावताम्of the fragile/breakable ones (i.e., of the foes)
भङ्गुरावताम्:
Sambandha (हन्तारम्—‘भङ्गुरावताम्’ = of the breakable/fragile ones, i.e., foes)
TypeAdjective (possessive) used substantively
Rootभङ्गुरावत् (प्रातिपदिक; भङ्गुर ‘भङ्गशील’ + -वत् ‘युक्त’)
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