Rig Veda 8.84.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 84, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.84

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तं मर्जयन्त सुक्रतुं पुरोयावानमाजिषु । स्वेषु क्षयेषु वाजिनम् ॥

Transliteration

táṃ marjayanta su-krátuṃ puro-yā́vānam ā́jiṣu | svèṣu kṣáyeṣu vā́jinam ||

Translation

พวกเขาขัดเกลาให้ผ่องใสและทำให้สว่างไสวแก่ผู้นั้น—ผู้มีปณิธานอันดีและชอบ (sukrátu), ผู้เป็นผู้นำหน้าในศึก; ผู้ทรงพลังอันเปี่ยมด้วยชัยชนะ (vājin) ในแดนพำนักอันมั่นคงของตนเอง.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्जयन्त: they cleansed / they polished
• मर्जयन्त: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज् (धातु) ‘to wipe/clean, polish’

• सुक्रतुम्: the good-minded / of good power
• सुक्रतुम्: कर्म (तम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘good in resolve/power’

• पुरोयावानम्: the leader, going foremost
• पुरोयावानम्: कर्म (तम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पुरो-यावन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘going in front, leading’

• आजिषु: in the contests / in battles
• आजिषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक) ‘race, contest, battle’

• स्वेषु: in their own
• स्वेषु: अधिकरण (क्षयेषु इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjectival pronoun
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) ‘one’s own’

• क्षयेषु: in the dwellings / abodes
• क्षयेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक) ‘dwelling, abode; domain’

• वा: or
• वा: (समुच्चय/विकल्प सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात) विकल्पार्थक

• वाजिनम्: the prize-winner / the swift one
• वाजिनम्: कर्म (तम् इत्यस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘possessing vāja; prize-winner, swift/strong’