Query is empty or invalid! Please provide a valid query.
?

This search widget will find verses based on the selected search mode.

You can type text using the chosen transliteration scheme (Kyoto-Harvard, IAST etc...).


Transliteration Schemes

Read about transliteration schemes for typing Sanskrit text with an English keyboard:


Search Modes
  • Word(s): Search for exact word(s) in the romanized text of the verses. word* syntax matches all words with prefix word, which can be useful for finding nominal declensions of the same word.
  • Regex: Use regular expressions, returns the entries where a match is found within the roman text.
  • Translations (FTS): Full-text search in translations. Use "word*" for prefix matching.

Rig Veda 1.79.12

Addressed to: Agni
Group: Hymns of Gotama, the Son of Rahugana
Text (Devanagari)

1.79.12

स॒ह॒स्रा॒क्षो विच॑र्षणिर॒ग्नी रक्षां॑सि सेधति

होता॑ गृणीत उ॒क्थ्यः॑

Text (Roman)

1.79.12

sahasrākṣó vícarṣaṇir

agnī́ rákṣāṃsi sedhati

hótā gr̥ṇīta ukthyàḥ

Padapāṭha

1.79.12

sahasraakṣaḥ | vicarṣaṇiḥ | agniḥ | rakṣāṃsi | sedhati | hotā | gṛṇīte | ukthyaḥ

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon
English Translation by Griffith

1.79.12

Keen and swift Agni, thousand-eyed, chaseth the Raksasas afar: He singeth, herald meet for lauds.

Oldenberg's translation

1.79.12

The thousand-eyed Agni, who dwells among all tribes, scares away the Rakshas. The praiseworthy Hotri (Agni) is praised 1.

Similar Excerpts

Based on semantic similarity:
1.12.3 3.27.13 6.1.7 3.5.2 1.79.6

Grammatical analysis
Source indexSurfaceLemmaInformation
1.79.12sahasrākṣáḥsahasrākṣá- nominal stemSGMNOM
1.79.12vícarṣaṇiḥvícarṣaṇi- nominal stemSGMNOM
1.79.12agníḥagní- nominal stemSGMNOM
1.79.12rákṣāṃsirákṣas- nominal stemPLNACC
1.79.12sedhati√sidh- rootSGPRSACT3IND
1.79.12hótāhótar- nominal stemSGMNOM
1.79.12gr̥ṇīte√gr̥̄- 1 rootSGPRSMED3IND
1.79.12ukthyàḥukthyà- nominal stemSGMNOM
← Previous (1.79.11) ↑ Sukta 1.79
Data from VedaWeb project