Rig Veda 1.12.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 12, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.12

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कविमग्निमुप स्तुहि सत्यधर्माणमध्वरे । देवममीवचातनम् ॥

Transliteration

kavím agním úpa stuhi satyá-dharmāṇam adhvaré | devám amīva-cā́tanam ||

Translation

Approach and praise the seer Agni in the unbroken rite—he whose law is truth; the divine power who drives away the inner illness and disorder.

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Word by Word

• कविम्: the seer/poet (Agni)
• कविम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: near, towards; in attendance (as preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्तुहि: praise!
• स्तुहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (स्तवने)

• सत्यधर्माणम्: him whose ordinances/law are true
• सत्यधर्माणम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सत्य-धर्मन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice/ritual
• अध्वरे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमीवचातनम्: the dispeller/destroyer of बीमारी/affliction
• अमीवचातनम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: अमीव-चातन (समास; प्रातिपदिक; चातन < √चत्/√चद् ‘to drive away, destroy’)