Rig Veda 1.143.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 143, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.143

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्य त्वेषा अजरा अस्य भानवः सुसंदृशः सुप्रतीकस्य सुद्युतः । भात्वक्षसो अत्यक्तुर्न सिन्धवोऽग्ने रेजन्ते अससन्तो अजराः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.143.3

Transliteration

asya tveṣā ajarā asya bhānavas su-sandṛśaḥ su-pratīkasya su-dyutaḥ | bhātvakṣaso aty aktur na sindhavo 'gne rejante asasanto ajarāḥ ||

Translation

พลังอันเร่าร้อนของท่านไม่รู้ชรา; รัศมีของท่านงามประจักษ์—พักตร์ผ่องใส แสงรุ่งโรจน์. ดุจสายน้ำทั้งหลายที่พุ่งทะลุราตรีไป, โอ อัคนี (Agni), มันสั่นไหวและเคลื่อนไป ไม่อ่อนล้าไม่ร่อยหรอ—เป็นพลังแห่งความสว่างที่ดำรงไม่ขาดสาย.

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Word by Word

• अस्य: of him/this (of Agni)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वेषाः: fiery, vehement
• त्वेषाः: विशेषण (of भानवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वेष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजराः: unaging, undecaying
• अजराः: विशेषण (of भानवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजर (प्रातिपदिक; a- + जर ‘to age’)

• अस्य: of him/this
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भानवः: beams, radiances
• भानवः: कर्तृ (of implied ‘are/shine’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुसंदृशः: fair to look upon
• सुसंदृशः: विशेषण (of भानवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-संदृश (प्रातिपदिक; सु + संदृश ‘well-seen/beautiful to behold’)

• सुप्रतीकस्य: of the fair-formed (Agni)
• सुप्रतीकस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of the fair-formed one’ = Agni)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-प्रतीक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a fair form/face’)

• सुद्युतः: brightly shining
• सुद्युतः: विशेषण (of भानवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-द्युत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-shining’)

• भात्वक्षसः: having shining power (radiant-strong)
• भात्वक्षसः: विशेषण (of भानवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भात्वक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक; bahuvrīhi, ‘having shining strength/axles?’, RV epithet)

• अति: beyond, over
• अति: क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier with त्यक्तुः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अक्तुः: of night, of darkness
• अक्तुः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive with न: ‘than night’s…’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्तु (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: उपमान-निर्देशक (comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• सिन्धवः: rivers, streams
• सिन्धवः: कर्तृ (of रेजन्ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• रेजन्ते: they surge/move/tremble
• रेजन्ते: क्रिया (of सिन्धवः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रज्/√रञ्ज् (धातु; ‘to be moved/tinged, to tremble, to surge’)

• अससन्तः: unsleeping, unceasing
• अससन्तः: विशेषण (of सिन्धवः)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: √सस्/√संस् (धातु; ‘to sleep, be slack’ with privative a-; Vedic participial formation)

• अजराः: unaging, ever-young
• अजराः: विशेषण (of सिन्धवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजर (प्रातिपदिक)