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Rig Veda 8.84.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 84, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.84

Devata: Agni

प्रेष्ठं वो अतिथिं स्तुषे मित्रमिव प्रियम् । अग्निं रथं न वेद्यम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.84.1

préṣṭhaṃ vo áti-thiṃ stuṣé mitrám-iva priyám | agníṃ ráthaṃ na védyam ||

మీ కొరకు నేను ఆ అత్యంత ప్రియ అతిథిని స్తుతిస్తున్నాను—మిత్రునివలె ప్రియమైన—అగ్నిని; యజ్ఞయాత్రకు రథంలా ‘వేద్య’—తెలుసుకోవలసినవాడు.

प्रेष्ठम्most dear, dearest
प्रेष्ठम्:
कर्म (object-complement/apposition to ‘अतिथिम्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रेष्ठ (प्रि- ‘to love’ > प्रिय; superlative stem प्रेष्ठ)
वःfor you; of you
वः:
सम्प्रदान (for you) / सम्बन्ध (of you) (contextual)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
अतिथिम्guest
अतिथिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअतिथि (prātipadika)
स्तुषेI praise
स्तुषे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (स्तवने ‘to praise’)
मित्रम्a friend; Mitra
मित्रम्:
उपमान (in simile with ‘इव’)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (prātipadika)
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
प्रियम्dear, beloved
प्रियम्:
कर्म (object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (prātipadika)
अग्निम्Agni (fire-god)
अग्निम्:
कर्म (apposition to ‘अतिथिम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
उपमान (in simile with ‘न’)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (prātipadika)
like, as
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वेद्यम्to be known/recognized; worthy of notice
वेद्यम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective (gerundive)
Root√विद् (वेदने/ज्ञाने ‘to know’) > वेद्य (gerundive/necessitative adjective)

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