Rig Veda 8.11.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 11, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.11
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मर्ता अमर्त्यस्य ते भूरि नाम मनामहे । विप्रासो जातवेदसः ॥
Transliteration
martā́ amártyasya te bhū́ri nā́ma manāmahe | víprāso jātá-vedasaḥ ||
Translation
We mortals, O Jātavedas, ponder many names of thee the Immortal; we, the seers, hold them in thought.
Word by Word
मर्ताःmortals (men)
मर्ताः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (√मृ ‘to die’ से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक) अथवा मर्तृ-भाव
अमर्त्यस्यof the immortal (one)
अमर्त्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअ-मर्त्य (न-प्रत्यय + मर्त्य) प्रातिपदिक
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
भूरिmany, abundant
भूरि:
विशेषण (परिमाण-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable (quantifier)
Rootभूरि (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक ‘much, many’)
नामnames
नाम:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मनामहेwe think of / we revere / we call to mind
मनामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मनुते/मन्यते ‘to think, to revere, to mention’)
विप्रासःinspired poets, seers
विप्रासः:
कर्तृ (द्वितीय-पादे)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
जातवेदसः(the) Jātavedases—knowers of all that is born (epithet, esp. of Agni)
जातवेदसः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootजात-वेदस् (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-समास; ‘whose knowledge is born/innate’; अग्नि का विशेषण)
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