Rig Veda 8.39.2 - Mandala 8, Sukta 39, Mantra 2

Rig Veda 8.39.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 39, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.39

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न्यग्ने नव्यसा वचस्तनूषु शंसमेषाम् । न्यराती रराव्णां विश्वा अर्यो अरातीरितो युच्छन्त्वामुरो नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.39.2

Transliteration

ny àgne návyasā vácas tanū́ṣu śáṃsam eṣām | ny arātī́ḥ rárāvṇāṃ víśvā aryó arātīr itó yúcchantv āmúro nabhantām anyaké samé ||

Translation

阿耆尼啊，请将新生之言安置于我们身中——他们真实的宣告。请击倒喧嚣黑暗的一切敌意；愿高贵之力从此处驱逐这些敌意——愿吞噬者被放逐，去往他域。

Word by Word

निdown; forth (as preverb)

अग्नेO Agni

नव्यसाwith a new (fresh)

वचःspeech; hymn

तनूषुin (their/our) bodies; persons

शंसम्praise; proclamation

एषाम्of these

निdown; away (as preverb)

अरातीःhostilities; harms

रराव्णाम्of the roaring ones (foes)

विश्वाःall

अर्यःthe Arya (noble man)

अरातीःhostilities; harms

इतःfrom here; hence

युच्छन्तुlet them fight; drive off

आtowards; hither (as preverb)

अमुरःthose (yonder)

नभन्ताम्let them flee; be driven away

अन्यकेin/unto another (place)

समेin the battle; in the encounter

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