Rig Veda 8.43.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.43

Devata: Agni (with dawn-similitude to Ushas)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एते त्ये वृथगग्नय इद्धासः समदृक्षत । उषसामिव केतवः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.43.5

Transliteration

eté tyé vṛ́thag agnáya iddhā́saḥ sám adṛkṣata | uṣásām iva ketávaḥ ||

Translation

ఈ అనేక అగ్నులు, ప్రజ్వలింపబడి, ఒకేసారి దర్శనమిస్తాయి—ఉషస్సుల కేతువులు (ధ్వజాలు/కిరణాలు) వలె.

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Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Determiner
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• त्ये: those (indeed)
• त्ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Determiner
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• वृथक्: separately, apart
• वृथक्: Adverbial (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथक् (avyaya-prātipadika)

• अग्नयः: fires; Agnis
• अग्नयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• इद्धासः: kindled, blazing
• इद्धासः: Kartā (as qualifier of अग्नयः)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: इद्ध (PPP of √इन्ध् ‘to kindle’) → इद्ध + अस् (nom. pl. m.)

• सम्: together, fully
• सम्: — (verbal prefix)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम् (upasarga/avyaya)

• अदृक्षत: they appeared; were seen
• अदृक्षत: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (Vedic aorist stem: अदृक्ष-)

• उषसाम्: of the dawns
• उषसाम्: Genitive relation (of/like the dawns)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (prātipadika)

• इव: like, as
• इव: — (simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (avyaya)

• केतवः: banners; rays; signals
• केतवः: Kartā (apposition to अग्नयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केतु (prātipadika)