Rig Veda 1.96.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 96, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.96

Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya (traditional for RV 1.96)

Devata: Agni (as Draviṇodā, the giver of plenitude/means)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; standard for many Agni hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू च पुरा च सदनं रयीणां जातस्य च जायमानस्य च क्षाम् । सतश्च गोपां भवतश्च भूरेर्देवा अग्निं धारयन्द्रविणोदाम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.96.7

Transliteration

nū́ ca purā́ ca sádanam rayīṇā́ṃ jā́tasya ca jā́yamānasya ca kṣā́m | satáś ca gopā́m bhávataś ca bhū́rer devā́ agníṃ dhārayann draviṇo-dā́m ||

Translation

Now and from of old, the gods have upheld Agni, the giver of plenitude, as the inner seat of all felicities—of what is already born in us and of what is yet being born; as the guardian of the field of existence, of the True, and of the vast abundance that grows beyond measure.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• पुरा: formerly, before
• पुरा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (निपात)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• सदनम्: seat, abode, dwelling
• सदनम्: Karma (धा- ‘स्थापय’ का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन (प्रातिपदिक; √सद्/सीद् ‘to sit’ से)

• रयीणाम्: of riches, of wealth
• रयीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (सदनम् का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातस्य: of the born (one)
• जातस्य: सम्बन्ध (अग्निम् का)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन् ‘to be born’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• जायमानस्य: of the being-born (one)
• जायमानस्य: सम्बन्ध (अग्निम् का)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: जायमान (कृदन्त; √जन् ‘to be born’ आत्मनेपद वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• क्षाम्: the earth, ground
• क्षाम्: Karma (धा- ‘स्थापय’ का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षाम्/क्षाम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सतः: of the being/existent (one)
• सतः: सम्बन्ध (अग्निम् का)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: सत् (कृदन्त; √अस् ‘to be’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• गोपाम्: protector/guardian (of cattle), herdsman
• गोपाम्: Karma (धा- ‘स्थापय’ का)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपा (प्रातिपदिक; गो + पा ‘protector’)

• भवतः: of the becoming (one)
• भवतः: सम्बन्ध (अग्निम् का)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: भवत् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √भू ‘to be’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• भूरेः: of abundance, of much (wealth)
• भूरेः: सम्बन्ध (अग्निम् का)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भूरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni (fire)
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• धारयन्: bearing, upholding
• धारयन्: Kartā (देवाः के सह-कर्तृवाचक)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √धृ (धारणे)

• द्रविणोदाम्: wealth-giver, bestower of riches
• द्रविणोदाम्: Karma (अग्निम् के विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: द्रविणोद (प्रातिपदिक; द्रविण ‘wealth’ + उद ‘giver’)