Rig Veda 8.43.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 16
Sukta 8.43
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने भ्रातः सहस्कृत रोहिदश्व शुचिव्रत । इमं स्तोमं जुषस्व मे ॥
Transliteration
agne bhrātaḥ sahaskṛta róhidad-aśva śúci-vrata | imáṃ stómaṃ juṣasva me ||
Translation
अग्ने भ्रातः सहस्कृत रोहिदश्व शुचिव्रत, इमं स्तोमं जुषस्व मे।
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
भ्रातःO brother
भ्रातः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootभ्रातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्कृतO might-made / strengthened by might
सहस्कृत:
विशेषण (अग्नेः) / सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used as epithet)
Rootसहस्- + कृ (धातु) → कृत (PPP)
रोहिदश्वhaving ruddy (red) horses
रोहिदश्व:
विशेषण (अग्नेः) / सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound epithet)
Rootरोहित- + अश्व- (समासः)
शुचिव्रतof pure observance / pure in vow
शुचिव्रत:
विशेषण (अग्नेः) / सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (compound epithet)
Rootशुचि- + व्रत- (समासः)
इमम्this
इमम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्तोमम्hymn of praise
स्तोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम- (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वtake pleasure in / accept
जुषस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु; ‘सेवने/प्रीतौ’)
मेfor me / of me
मे:
सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजन/हित)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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