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Rig Veda 1.97.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 97, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.97

Devata: Agni
Chandas: Likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-adjacent short meter with refrain

प्र यत्ते अग्ने सूरयो जायेमहि प्र ते वयम् । अप नः शोशुचदघम् ॥

prá yát te agne sū́rayo jā́yemahi prá te vayám | ápa naḥ śóśucad aghám ||

அக்னியே! உன் ஒளிமிகு சக்தியில் நாம் பிறப்பெடுப்போம்—ஆம், உன்னிலேயே நாம் முன்னே செல்வோம்—எம்மை ஒட்டிக்கொண்டிருக்கும் அ஘ம் (பாவம்) எரித்து அகற்று.

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
यत्that which; what
यत्:
Karma (of ‘जायेमहि’ as ‘that [state/goal]’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (yuṣmad-prātipadika)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
सूरयःpatrons, lords (generous men)
सूरयः:
Kartā (of ‘जायेमहि’)
TypeNoun
Rootसूरि (prātipadika)
जायेमहिmay we be born; may we come to be
जायेमहि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (जायते)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (yuṣmad-prātipadika)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā (understood with the wish/prayer)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (prātipadika)
अपaway, off
अप:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (upasarga/avyaya)
नःof us; from us
नः:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘from us/our’ in Vedic usage with ‘अप’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (prātipadika)
शोशुचत्may it blaze away; may it burn off
शोशुचत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√शुच् (शोशुचति)
अघम्evil, sin, harm
अघम्:
Karma (of ‘शोशुचत्’)
TypeNoun
Rootअघ (prātipadika)

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