Rig Veda 8.84.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 84, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.84

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कया ते अग्ने अङ्गिर ऊर्जो नपादुपस्तुतिम् । वराय देव मन्यवे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.84.4

Transliteration

káyā te agne aṅgira ūrjó napād úpa-stutim | várāya deva manyáve ||

Translation

以何种觉识之途，噢阿耆尼（Agni）——噢安吉罗（Aṅgiras），丰盈之子——我等方能如法近赞于汝？为汝所拣择之喜悦，噢神明，为汝强盛之炽烈（manyú）。

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Word by Word

• कया: how? by what (means)?
• कया: Karaṇa (प्रकार/उपाय-निर्देश)
• Type: Pronoun/Interrogative (instrumental) used adverbially
• Root: क (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) + या (स्त्री. एक.)

• ते: for you / your
• ते: Sampradāna (beneficiary) / Genitival relation
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गिरः: O Aṅgiras (Angiras-born/Angiras-like)
• अङ्गिरः: Sambodhana (address/apposition to Agni)
• Type: Noun (clan/epithet)
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्जः: of strength / of nourishment
• ऊर्जः: Genitival relation (of …)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक ‘strength, sap, nourishment’)

• नपात्: O offspring/son (descendant)
• नपात्: Sambodhana (address; epithet of Agni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नपात् (प्रातिपदिक ‘offspring, son, descendant’)

• उपस्तुतिम्: praise; hymn of praise
• उपस्तुतिम्: Karma (object of an implied verb like ‘bring/offer/utter’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप-स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्तु ‘to praise’ with उप-)

• वराय: for a boon / for choice (gift)
• वराय: Sampradāna (purpose/recipient: ‘for …’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक ‘choice, boon; (also) suitor’)

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्यवे: for (your) ardor / wrath / spirited power
• मन्यवे: Sampradāna (for/unto: ‘to (your) ardor/wrath’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक ‘wrath, ardor, spirited might’)