Rig Veda 8.103.2 — Mandala 8, Sukta 103, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.103
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र दैवोदासो अग्निर्देवाँ अच्छा न मज्मना । अनु मातरं पृथिवीं वि वावृते तस्थौ नाकस्य सानवि ॥
Transliteration
prá daivódāso agnír devā́ṃ ácchā ná majmánā | ánu mātáraṃ pṛthivī́ṃ ví vāvṛte tastháu nā́kasya sā́navi ||
Translation
Forward moves Agni, the divine-giver, toward the gods with his vastness. Following the Mother Earth he spreads wide, and he stands on the ridge of heaven—establishing the link between the grounded base and the luminous summit.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग) प्रत्यय-रहित
दैवोदासःDaivodāsa (a patron/king)
दैवोदासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootदैवोदास (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā (apposition to दैवोदासः)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक; पुं.)
अच्छtowards
अच्छ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअच्छ (निपात/अव्यय) प्रत्यय-रहित
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात) प्रत्यय-रहित
मज्मनाby greatness, with might
मज्मना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमज्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; पुं./नपुं.)
अनुalong, following
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) प्रत्यय-रहित
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)
पृथिवीम्Earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma (apposition to मातरम्)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक; स्त्री.)
विapart, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) प्रत्यय-रहित
वावृतेhas turned/rolled forth; has moved widely
वावृते:
Kartā (implicit: अग्निः/दैवोदासः)
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वृते/वर्तते) / Vedic: √वृ (to turn, roll, move) with reduplication
तस्थौstood, took his stand
तस्थौ:
Kartā (implicit: अग्निः)
TypeVerb
Root√स्था
नाकस्यof heaven, of the firmament
नाकस्य:
Adhikaraṇa (genitive relation: ‘of heaven’)
TypeNoun
Rootनाक (प्रातिपदिक; पुं./नपुं.)
सानविon the ridge/summit
सानवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसानु (प्रातिपदिक; नपुं.)
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