Rig Veda 8.43.26: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 26
Sukta 8.43
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
घ्नन्मृध्राण्यप द्विषो दहन्रक्षांसि विश्वहा । अग्ने तिग्मेन दीदिहि ॥
Transliteration
ghnán mṛdhrā́ṇy ápa dvíṣo dáhan rákṣāṃsi viśváhā | ágne tigména dīdihi ||
Translation
వక్ర శత్రుబలాలను సంహరిస్తూ, ఎక్కడెక్కడా రాక్షస శక్తులను దహిస్తూ—హే అగ్నీ, నీ తీక్ష్ణ (దీప్త) తేజస్సుతో ప్రకాశించి జ్వలించు.
Word by Word
घ्नन्slaying, striking down
घ्नन्:
Kartā (agent; ‘thou/Agni’ as the doer)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootहन् (√हन्)
मृध्राणिhostile powers, obstructers
मृध्राणि:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootमृध्र (prātipadika)
अपaway, off
अप:
Upasarga/Adverbial (directional nuance)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (particle)
द्विषःenemies, haters
द्विषः:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विष् (prātipadika from √द्विष् ‘to hate’)
दहन्burning
दहन्:
Kartā (agent; concomitant action)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootदह् (√दह्)
रक्षांसिdemons, harmful spirits (rākṣasas)
रक्षांसि:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस् (prātipadika)
विश्वहाalways, at all times
विश्वहा:
Adverbial (kāla/pravṛtti-viśeṣaṇa)
TypeIndeclinable (adverb)
Rootविश्वहा (compound: विश्व + हा from √हन्/√हा ‘to smite’)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
तिग्मेनwith the sharp (one), with sharpness
तिग्मेन:
Karaṇa (instrument)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootतिग्म (prātipadika)
दीदिहिblaze forth, shine brightly
दीदिहि:
(Requested action of) Kartā = Agni
TypeVerb
Rootदीदिहि (intensive/ desiderative-like imperative from √दीप्/√दीदी ‘to shine, blaze’)
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