Rig Veda 7.8.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 8, Mantra 1
Sukta 7.8
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (book 7 attribution)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify by scansion)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्धे राजा समर्यो नमोभिर्यस्य प्रतीकमाहुतं घृतेन । नरो हव्येभिरीळते सबाध आग्निरग्र उषसामशोचि ॥
Transliteration
indhé rājā́ sámaryo námobhir yásya pratī́kam ā́hutaṃ ghṛténa | náro havyébhiḥ īḷate sabā́dha ā́gnir ágre uṣásām aśoci ||
Translation
రాజు ప్రజ్వలించుచున్నాడు—శ్రేష్ఠ ఆర్యుడు—నమస్కారకర్మలచే; ఎవరి ముఖము ఘృతాహుతితో అర్పింపబడునో. మనుష్యులు హవ్యములతో దగ్గరగా చేరి ఆయనను ఆరాధిస్తారు; ఉషస్సుల అగ్రభాగమున అగ్ని ప్రకాశించాడు।
Word by Word
इन्धेis kindled / kindles (for himself)
इन्धे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइन्ध् (idh) धातु
राजाthe king (Agni)
राजा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
समर्यःthe battle-ready / warlike
समर्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसमर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नमोभिःwith obeisances
नमोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतीकम्face; appearance; front
प्रतीकम्:
Kartā (आहुतम् इति विशेष्ये) / Karma (contextual)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतीक (प्रातिपदिक)
आहुतम्offered; invoked (as an oblation)
आहुतम्:
—
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootआ-हु (धातु) → आहुत (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
घृतेनwith ghee
घृतेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
नरःmen
नरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
हव्येभिःwith oblations
हव्येभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
ईळतेis praised / is invoked
ईळते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootईळ्/ईड् (īḷ/īḍ) धातु
सबाधtogether with (his) pressers/assailants; with resistance (i.e., amid opposition)
सबाध:
Adhikaraṇa (manner) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective/Adverbial (epithet)
Rootसबाध (प्रातिपदिक)
आग्निःAgni
आग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्रेin front; at the fore
अग्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable (locative used adverbially)
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
उषसाम्of the dawns
उषसाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अशोचिshone; blazed
अशोचि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootशुच् (śuc) धातु
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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