Rig Veda 5.28.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 28, Mantra 4
Sukta 5.28
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समिद्धस्य प्रमहसोऽग्ने वन्दे तव श्रियम् । वृषभो द्युम्नवाँ असि समध्वरेष्विध्यसे ॥
Transliteration
sámiddhasya prámahaso ’gné vánde táva śríyam | vṛṣabhó dyumnávāṃ asi sám adhvaréṣv idhyase ||
Translation
హే అగ్నే! సమిద్ధ—ప్రజ్వలిత—మరియు ప్రమహస్—మహా పరాక్రమ—యుక్తమైన నీ శ్రీని నేను వందిస్తాను. నీవు వృషభ—బలవంతుడు—, ద్యుమ్నవాన్—దీప్తిమంతుడు; సమధ్వరేషు—సమ్యక్ యజ్ఞాలలో—నీవు ప్రజ్వలింపబడుతావు.
Word by Word
समिद्धस्यof the kindled (one)
समिद्धस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation to अग्ने)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-इध् (dhātu) → समिद्ध (PPP prātipadika)
प्रमहतःof the very-great
प्रमहतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival epithet of अग्ने)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र- मह् (dhātu ‘to be great’) → प्रमहत् (present participle/adj. stem)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
वन्देI praise / I salute
वन्दे:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया) / कर्ता = अहम् (implicit)
TypeVerb
Rootवन्द् (dhātu ‘to praise, salute’)
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronominal base) → त्वद्
श्रियम्splendour, glory
श्रियम्:
कर्म (object of वन्दे)
TypeNoun
Rootश्री (prātipadika)
वृषभःbull (mighty one)
वृषभः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (predicate-nominative to असि)
TypeNoun (used as epithet)
Rootवृषभ (prātipadika)
द्युम्नवान्possessing brilliance
द्युम्नवान्:
कर्तृ/विशेषण (to implied ‘त्वम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्युम्न (prātipadika) + वत् (possessive suffix) → द्युम्नवत्
असिyou are
असि:
क्रिया (copula); कर्ता = त्वम् (implicit)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (dhātu ‘to be’)
समध्वरेषुin the well-ordered sacrifices
समध्वरेषु:
अधिकरण (locus: ‘in/at the rites’)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (prātipadika ‘sacrifice/rite’) with preverb सम्- (as lexical compound) → समध्वर
इध्यसेyou are kindled / you blaze
इध्यसे:
क्रिया; कर्ता = त्वम् (implicit)
TypeVerb
Rootइध् (dhātu ‘to kindle, blaze’)
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