Rig Veda 8.103.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 103, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.103

Devata: Agni (implicit/continued address; Purūvasu as Agni-epithet)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स दृळ्हे चिदभि तृणत्ति वाजमर्वता स धत्ते अक्षिति श्रवः । त्वे देवत्रा सदा पुरूवसो विश्वा वामानि धीमहि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.103.5

Transliteration

sa dṛḷhé cid abhí tṛ́ṇatti vā́jam arvatā́ sa dhatté ákṣiti śrávaḥ | tvé devá-trā sadā purūvaso víśvā vāmā́ni dhīmahi ||

Translation

Even against what is firmly fixed, he strikes through and wins the vāja, the plenitude of force, by the power that carries us forward; he establishes an undiminishing glory. In you, O Purūvasu, ever in the divine realm, we hold and concentrate all desirable boons.

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Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दृळ्हे: in/at the firm (stronghold)
• दृळ्हे: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृळ्ह (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘firm/strong’)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• तृणत्ति: breaks through, pierces
• तृणत्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृद्/तृन्द् (धातु; ‘to pierce, break through’)

• वाजम्: prize; strength; winning power
• वाजम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• अर्वता: with a steed (horse)
• अर्वता: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘steed/horse’)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धत्ते: places; bestows
• धत्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु; ‘to place, bestow’)

• अक्षितिः: imperishable
• अक्षितिः: कर्म (धत्ते इत्यस्य) / विधेय-विशेषण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘un-decaying, imperishable’)

• श्रवः: fame, glory
• श्रवः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fame, glory’)

• त्वे: in you
• त्वे: अधिकरण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवत्रा: god-ward; among the gods
• देवत्रा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देवत्रा (अव्यय; ‘among/with the gods; god-ward’)

• सदा: always
• सदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• पुरूवसो: O much-wealthy one
• पुरूवसो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: पुरूवसु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having much wealth’)

• विश्वानि: all
• विश्वानि: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• वामानि: good things; boons
• वामानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good, desirable, gracious gift’)

• धीमहि: we place (in mind); we meditate on; we hold fast
• धीमहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु; ‘to set, place’; here ‘to set in mind/meditate’)