Rig Veda 10.87.24: Mandala 10, Sukta 87, Mantra 24

Sukta 10.87

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; needs confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रत्यग्ने मिथुना दह यातुधाना किमीदिना । सं त्वा शिशामि जागृह्यदब्धं विप्र मन्मभिः ॥

Transliteration

praty agne mithunā daha yātudhānā kimīdinā | saṃ tvā śiśāmi jāgṛhy adabdham vipra manmabhiḥ ||

Translation

O Agni, burn back in pairs the yātudhānas and the kimīdins. I whet you to fullness; wake—be vigilant, O inspired one, invincible, by our formations of thought.

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Word by Word

• प्रति: towards; against
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (upasarga/avyaya)

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

• मिथुना: in pairs; twofold
• मिथुना: —
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially)
• Root: मिथुन (प्रातिपदिक)

• दह: burn!
• दह: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)

• यातुधानान्: the sorcerers/demons (Yātudhānas)
• यातुधानान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)

• किमीदिनान्: the Kīmīdins (a class of harmful beings)
• किमीदिनान्: कर्म (यातुधानानाम् अपि विशेषण/समुच्चित-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किमीदिन (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga/avyaya)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शिशामि: I sharpen/rouse (you); I make you ready
• शिशामि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: शिश्/शिशा (धातु; ‘to whet, sharpen, make ready’)

• जागृह्य: having awakened; being awake
• जागृह्य: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)

• अदब्धम्: undeluded; unharmed; unassailable
• अदब्धम्: कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदब्ध (प्रातिपदिक; a- + dabdhá ‘deceived/harmed’)

• विप्र: O inspired sage (Agni)
• विप्र: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्मभिः: with hymns/thoughts
• मन्मभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, hymn, devotion’)