Rig Veda 10.4.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 4, Mantra 1

Sukta 10.4

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते यक्षि प्र त इयर्मि मन्म भुवो यथा वन्द्यो नो हवेषु । धन्वन्निव प्रपा असि त्वमग्न इयक्षवे पूरवे प्रत्न राजन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 10.4.1

Transliteration

prá te yakṣi prá ta iyarmi mánma bhúvo yáthā vándyo no háveṣu | dhánvan-n iva pra-pā́ asi tvám agna iyákṣave pū́rave pratna rā́jan ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าบูชาแด่ท่าน; ข้าพเจ้าส่งความคิดของข้าพเจ้าออกไปข้างหน้า เพื่อให้ท่านเป็นผู้ควรสรรเสริญในคำวอนของเรา. ดุจน้ำพุในถิ่นกันดาร ท่านเป็นที่พึ่งคุ้มครองนำหน้า—โอ อัคนี (Agni) ราชาโบราณ—เพื่อผู้ใฝ่บูชา.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्)

• यक्षि: sacrifice/worship!
• यक्षि: (predicate; action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्)

• इयर्मि: I raise/stir up
• इयर्मि: (predicate; action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर् / इर् (ईरयति)

• मन्म: thought, hymn, intention
• मन्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भुवः: be! become!
• भुवः: (predicate; action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• यथा: so that, as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वन्द्यः: praiseworthy, to be lauded
• वन्द्यः: Kartā (predicative to implied ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्द्य (from √वन्द्)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• हवेषु: in the invocations/calls
• हवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (प्रातिपदिक)

• धन्वन्निव: as on a bow (lit. in a bow), as if
• धन्वन्निव: Adhikaraṇa (simile setting)
• Type: Noun + Indeclinable
• Root: धन्वन् + इव

• प्रपा: a spout/streaming outlet; (fig.) a forward-flowing channel
• प्रपा: Kartā (predicate-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपा (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि

• इयक्षवे: for (him) who wishes to sacrifice
• इयक्षवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Verbal noun (desiderative) / adjective
• Root: यज् (desiderative stem इयक्ष-)

• पूरवे: to Pūru
• पूरवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूरु (proper name)

• प्रत्न: O ancient one
• प्रत्न: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्न

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्