Rig Veda 7.94.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 94, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.94

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Mandala 7 attribution)

Devata: Indrāgnī

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable: shorter 3-pāda structure typical of gāyatrī in some Indrāgnī hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इयं वामस्य मन्मन इन्द्राग्नी पूर्व्यस्तुतिः । अभ्राद्वृष्टिरिवाजनि ॥

Transliteration

iyáṃ vāmasyá mánmana índrāgnī pū́rvyā stutíḥ | abhrā́d vṛṣṭír ivājani ||

Translation

โอ อินทระ–อัคนี บทสรรเสริญนี้บังเกิดจากเจตนาลึกในมโน เป็นสรรเสริญแบบโบราณ; มันผุดขึ้นดุจฝนจากเมฆ แล้วหลั่งลงมา.

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Word by Word

• इयम्: this (hymn/praise)
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• मन्मनः: of the thought / of the hymn-thought
• मन्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मन् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, intention, hymn-thought’)

• इन्द्राग्नी: O Indra and Agni
• इन्द्राग्नी: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि (समास; द्वन्द्व)

• पूर्व्या: ancient / earlier
• पूर्व्या: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘ancient, former’)

• स्तुतिः: praise, hymn
• स्तुतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘praise, hymn’)

• अभ्रात्: from the cloud
• अभ्रात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्र (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘cloud’)

• वृष्टिः: rain
• वृष्टिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘rain, shower’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: (Upamā marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अजनि: was born / arose
• अजनि: (Predicate of the subject स्तुतिः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जनि) ‘to be born, arise’