Rig Veda 7.1.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.1

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhas)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; RV 7.1 predominantly Triṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यस्ते अग्न इधते अनीकं वसिष्ठ शुक्र दीदिवः पावक । उतो न एभिः स्तवथैरिह स्याः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.1.8

Transliteration

ā yás té agne idháte anī́kaṃ vásiṣṭha śúkra dī́di-vaḥ pā́vaka | utó na ebhíḥ staváthair ihá syāḥ ||

Translation

Hỡi Agni, khi người ta nhóm lên mũi nhọn của uy lực rực sáng của Ngài—hỡi Đấng kiên định nhất, sáng chói, luôn rạng ngời, Đấng Tẩy Luyện—xin nhờ những lời tán dương này của chúng con mà hiện diện nơi đây cùng chúng con.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: to you; for you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अग्नि: O Agni
• अग्नि: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• इधते: is kindled; blazes
• इधते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इध् (dhātu) ‘to kindle, blaze’

• अनीकम्: face; front; appearance (flame-front)
• अनीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक (prātipadika)

• वसिष्ठ: O Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (prātipadika; proper name)

• शुक्र: bright; radiant
• शुक्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्र (prātipadika)

• दीदिवः: shining; luminous
• दीदिवः: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीदिवस् (prātipadika; from √दीदिव्/√दीप् ‘to shine’)

• पावक: O purifier
• पावक: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पावक (prātipadika; from √पू ‘to purify’)

• उतो: and also
• उतो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (avyaya) + उ (enclitic intensifier) → उतो

• नः: our; of us
• नः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एभिः: with these
• एभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• स्तवथैः: with praises; with hymns
• स्तवथैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तवथ (prātipadika; ‘praise, hymn’, from √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (avyaya)

• स्याः: may you be; may you become (present)
• स्याः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (dhātu) ‘to be’