Rig Veda 7.93.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 93, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.93

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Primarily Agni/Indrāgnī; with invocations to Indra, Viṣṇu, Maruts for protection

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एता अग्न आशुषाणास इष्टीर्युवोः सचाभ्यश्याम वाजान् । मेन्द्रो नो विष्णुर्मरुतः परि ख्यन्यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.93.8

Transliteration

etā́ agna āśuṣāṇā́sa iṣṭī́r yuvóḥ sacā́bhy aśyāma vā́jān | mā́ índro no víṣṇur marútaḥ pári khyan yūyáṃ pāta svastíbhiḥ sádā naḥ ||

Translation

By these swift-aspiring offerings, O Agni, may we, in your companionship, attain the plenitudes of force. Let not Indra, nor Vishnu, nor the Maruts overlook us; do you protect us always with states of well-being and right-going.

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Word by Word

• एताः: these
• एताः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

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

• आशुषाणासः: hastening, eager
• आशुषाणासः: Kartā
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: √शु (शवते/शुनोति) → आशु- (kṛdanta base) + शानच्; ‘आ-’ upasarga

• इष्टीः: offerings, sacrifices
• इष्टीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्टि (prātipadika; from √यज ‘to worship’)

• युवोः: of you two
• युवोः: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युव (prātipadika; 2nd-person dual gen.)

• सचा: together (with)
• सचा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सच (avyaya)

• अभ्यश्याम: may we attain
• अभ्यश्याम: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + √अश् (अश्नुते ‘to attain’)

• वाजान्: prizes, strengths
• वाजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (prātipadika)

• मा: me
• मा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st-person pronoun enclitic)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st-person pronoun enclitic)

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (prātipadika)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (prātipadika)

• परि: around; fully
• परि: Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga/avyaya)

• ख्यन्: let (them) proclaim / make known
• ख्यन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ख्या (to make known, proclaim)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd-person pronoun)

• पात: protect!
• पात: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (to protect)

• स्वस्तिभिः: with well-being, with blessings
• स्वस्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (prātipadika)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (avyaya)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st-person pronoun enclitic)