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Rig Veda 8.19.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 19, Mantra 23

Sukta 8.19

Devata: Agni

यदी घृतेभिराहुतो वाशीमग्निर्भरत उच्चाव च । असुर इव निर्णिजम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.19.23

yádī ghṛtébhir āhúto vā́śīm agnír bhárata úccā́va ca | ásura iva nirṇíjam ||

ఘృత-ఆహుతులతో ఆహ్వానింపబడినప్పుడు, అగ్ని తన ప్రతిధ్వనించే శక్తిని పైకీ కిందకీ మోస్తాడు—అసురసమ ప్రభుత్వశక్తి తన దీప్త వస్త్రం (నిర్ణిజ్) ప్రదర్శించినట్లుగా.

यदीif/when
यदी:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
घृतेभिःwith ghee (clarified butter)
घृतेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootघृत
आहुतःhaving been offered/invoked
आहुतः:
— (विशेषणम्: अग्निः)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival) / Kṛdanta
Rootआ-हु (√हु) / आहुति
वाशीम्a roar/cry (loud sound)
वाशीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाशिन्/वाशी (प्रातिपदिक) < √वाश्/√वश् (to bellow/roar) (Vedic)
अग्निःAgni (fire)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
भरतbore/carried/produced
भरत:
TypeVerb
Root√भृ
उच्चhigh/upwards
उच्च:
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial) / Adjective used adverbially
Rootउच्च
towards, forth
:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
असुरःan Asura (lordly being)
असुरः:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृभावे) / upamāna
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
निर्णिजम्bright garment/cleansing sheen (nirṇij)
निर्णिजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्णिज् (स्त्री/नपुं) < निर्+√निज्/√निञ्ज् (to wash/clean; hence ‘cleansing/brightness/garment’) (Vedic)

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