Rig Veda 5.24.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 24, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.24
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने त्वं नो अन्तम उत त्राता शिवो भवा वरूथ्यः ॥
Transliteration
agné tváṃ no ántama uta trātā́ śivó bhavā varū́thyaḥ ||
Translation
ఓ అగ్నీ, నీవు మా అంతరంలో అత్యంత సమీపమైనవాడు (అంతమ)గాను, రక్షకుడు (త్రాతా)గాను ఉండు; మాకు శివుడవై—నిజమైన వరూథ్య, ఆశ్రయ-శక్తిగా అవు।
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka grid)
TypeNoun (address)
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation: “of us”)
TypePronoun (enclitic)
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तमःnearest, most intimate
अन्तमः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (predicate/attribute of the subject)
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootअन्तम- (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of अन्त ‘near/end’)
उतand also
उत:
समुच्चय/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (connective)
TypeIndeclinable particle
Rootउत (निपात)
त्राताprotector, saviour
त्राता:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (predicate: ‘protector’)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootत्रा (धातु) → त्रातृ/त्राता (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; agent noun)
शिवःauspicious, gracious
शिवः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव- (प्रातिपदिक)
भवbecome / be
भव:
क्रिया (injunction addressed to Agni)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
वरूथ्यःprotecting, a sheltering one
वरूथ्यः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootवरूथ्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having/affording protection’, from वरूथ ‘protection, shelter’)
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