Rig Veda 7.4.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 4, Mantra 4

Sukta 7.4

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अयं कविरकविषु प्रचेता मर्तेष्वग्निरमृतो नि धायि । स मा नो अत्र जुहुरः सहस्वः सदा त्वे सुमनसः स्याम ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.4.4

Transliteration

ayáṃ kavír ákaviṣu prá-cetā márteṣv agnír amṛ́to ní dhāyi | sá mā no átra juhuraḥ sahasvaḥ sádā tvé su-mánasaḥ syāma ||

Translation

This Agni is the seer among the unseeing, the awakened intelligence; the immortal has been set within mortals. O mighty purifier, here burn away what is warped in us, so that always in you we may become of a good and luminous mind.

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• कविः: seer, sage
• कविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अकविषु: among the unpoetic/uninspired (ones)
• अकविषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अकवि (प्रातिपदिक; a- + कवि)

• प्रचेताः: foreknowing, wise
• प्रचेताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: प्रचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; प्र- + चेतस्)

• मर्तेषु: among mortals
• मर्तेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतः: immortal
• अमृतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक; a- + मृत)

• नि: down, in; (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• धायि: was placed/established
• धायि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: of us / for us
• मा: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• जुहुरः: may you offer/sacrifice
• जुहुरः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)

• सहस्वः: O mighty one
• सहस्वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सहस्/सहस्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mighty’)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• त्वे: in you
• त्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमनसः: well-minded, kindly disposed
• सुमनसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + मनस्)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)