Rig Veda 1.189.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 189, Mantra 8

Sukta 1.189

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (not recomputed here)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अवोचाम निवचनान्यस्मिन्मानस्य सूनुः सहसाने अग्नौ । वयं सहस्रमृषिभिः सनेम विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.189.8

Transliteration

ávocāma nivácanāny asmín mā́nasya sūnúḥ sahasāné agnáu | vayáṃ sahásram ṛ́ṣibhiḥ sanema vidyā́m eṣáṃ vṛ́janaṃ jīrá-dānum ||

Translation

We have spoken the words of settled utterance in this Agni, the son of the Mind, the mighty one. May we, together with the seers, win the thousandfold—may we know and possess the seeking force and the victorious host, the giver who does not grow old.

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Word by Word

• अवोचाम: we spoke / we have uttered
• अवोचाम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्

• निवचनानि: utterances, expressions
• निवचनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवचन (प्रातिपदिक) < वच्

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• मानस्य: of the mind / mental
• मानस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक) < मनस्

• सूनुः: son
• सूनुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सहसाने: in the mighty/overpowering (one)
• सहसाने: Adhikaraṇa (with अग्नौ)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: सह् (धातु) → सहमान (कृदन्त)

• अग्नौ: in/unto Agni
• अग्नौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Karma (object/measure with सनेम)
• Type: Numeral (Noun/Adj.)
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषिभिः: with/through the seers
• ऋषिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनेम: may we win/obtain
• सनेम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सन्/सना (धातु: to gain, win)

• विद्याम: may we know/find
• विद्याम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्

• एषम्: this
• एषम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एष (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृजनम्: enclosure/settlement; (also) battle/hostile press (context-dependent)
• वृजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृजन (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीरदानुम्: having swift-flowing gifts/streams (lit. ‘quick-giving/quick-flowing’)
• जीरदानुम्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीरदानु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)