Rig Veda 8.19.28: Mandala 8, Sukta 19, Mantra 28

Sukta 8.19

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (attribution for RV 8.19 in the Kāṇva corpus; verse-level rishi not separately marked here)

Devata: Agni (with epithet Vasu)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for this section of RV 8.19; requires metrical verification by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तवाहमग्न ऊतिभिर्नेदिष्ठाभिः सचेय जोषमा वसो । सदा देवस्य मर्त्यः ॥

Transliteration

távā́ham agne ūtíbhiḥ nediṣṭhā́bhiḥ saceya jóṣam ā́ vaso | sádā devásya mártyaḥ ||

Translation

O Agni, by thy helps that are nearest and most intimate, may I cleave to thee in glad consent, O Vasu (power of plenitude). Always the mortal can live in the presence of the divine.

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Word by Word

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊतिभिः: with helps/aids
• ऊतिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (प्रातिपदिक)

• नेदिष्ठाभिः: with the nearest/most immediate
• नेदिष्ठाभिः: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नेदिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; निः/नेद् + इष्ठ, अतिशय-समीपार्थक)

• सचेय: may I accompany/attach myself
• सचेय: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: सच् (धातु; ‘सचँ’ = सह गमन/संयोग)

• जोषम्: to enjoyment/favor; gladly
• जोषम्: कर्म (गत्यर्थ-आ-योगे लक्ष्य/प्राप्त्यर्थ)
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: जोष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जुष्’ धातोः भाव/नाम)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वसो: O good one/benefactor (Vasu)
• वसो: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदा: always
• सदा: अधिकारण (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: कर्तृ (सचेय इत्यस्य कर्ता—अहम् इत्यस्य विशेषण/पर्याय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)