Rig Veda 2.7.5: Mandala 2, Sukta 7, Mantra 5
Sukta 2.7
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava) (traditional attribution for RV 2.7)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वं नो असि भारताग्ने वशाभिरुक्षभिः । अष्टापदीभिराहुतः ॥
Transliteration
tváṃ no asi bhāratā́gne vaśā́bhir ukṣábhíḥ | aṣṭā́padībhir ā́hutaḥ ||
Translation
你属于我们，婆罗多族的阿耆尼（Bhārata-Agni）啊；你由柔顺的力量与雄健的能势而被点燃——由那八步（aṣṭāpadi）般多重步伐的韵律，载着供献向前。
Word by Word
त्वम्thou (you)
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असिart / are
असि:
— (सम्बन्धक क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
भारतO Bhārata (descendant of Bharata)
भारत:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootभारत (प्रातिपदिक; भरत-सम्बन्धी/भरतवंशीय)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
वशाभिःwith/through the vashā-cows (ritual cows)
वशाभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवशा (प्रातिपदिक)
उक्षभिःwith/through bulls
उक्षभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootउक्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अष्टापदीभिःwith eight-footed (i.e., eight-stepped) [forms/means]
अष्टापदीभिः:
करण
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअष्टापदी (प्रातिपदिक; अष्ट+पद)
आहुतःinvoked / offered (as an oblation)
आहुतः:
— (विशेषण/विधेय)
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Root√हु (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग) → आहुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
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