Rig Veda 7.1.8 — Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.1

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhas)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; RV 7.1 predominantly Triṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यस्ते अग्न इधते अनीकं वसिष्ठ शुक्र दीदिवः पावक । उतो न एभिः स्तवथैरिह स्याः ॥

Transliteration

ā yás té agne idháte anī́kaṃ vásiṣṭha śúkra dī́di-vaḥ pā́vaka | utó na ebhíḥ staváthair ihá syāḥ ||

Translation

O Agni, when one kindles for you the front of your shining power—O most-steadfast, bright, ever-luminous Purifier—then by these our affirmations of praise be present here with us: enter the field of our becoming and work in us.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: to you; for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अग्नि: O Agni
• अग्नि: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• इधते: is kindled; blazes
• इधते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इध् (dhātu) ‘to kindle, blaze’

• अनीकम्: face; front; appearance (flame-front)
• अनीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक (prātipadika)

• वसिष्ठ: O Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (prātipadika; proper name)

• शुक्र: bright; radiant
• शुक्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (prātipadika)

• दीदिवः: shining; luminous
• दीदिवः: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीदिवस् (prātipadika; from √दीदिव्/√दीप् ‘to shine’)

• पावक: O purifier
• पावक: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पावक (prātipadika; from √पू ‘to purify’)

• उतो: and also
• उतो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (avyaya) + उ (enclitic intensifier) → उतो

• नः: our; of us
• नः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एभिः: with these
• एभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• स्तवथैः: with praises; with hymns
• स्तवथैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तवथ (prātipadika; ‘praise, hymn’, from √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (avyaya)

• स्याः: may you be; may you become (present)
• स्याः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (dhātu) ‘to be’