Rig Veda 10.20.3

Addressed to: Agni

Group: Hymns of Vimada

Text (Devanagari)

10.20.3

यमा॒सा कृ॒पनी॑ळं भा॒साके॑तुं व॒र्धय॑न्ति

भ्राज॑ते॒ श्रेणि॑दन्

Text (Roman)

10.20.3

yám āsā́ kr̥pánīḷam

bhāsā́ketuṃ vardháyanti

bhrā́jate śréṇidan

Padapāṭha

10.20.3

yam

pronounSGMACC

from yá-

yam : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 15]) yácchati (Ved. also °te, and Ved. ep. yámati, °te; pf. yayāma, yeme; 2. sg. yayantha, 3. pl. yemúḥ, yemiré, [RV.] &c. &c.; 3. du. irreg. -yamatuḥ, [RV. v, 67, 1]; aor. áyān, áyamuh; Impv. yaṃsi, yandhí; Pot. yamyās, yamīmahi, [RV.]; áyāṃsam, ayāṃsi, áyaṃsta Subj. yaṃsat, °satas, °sate, [ib.]; [Br.]; 3. sg. -yámiṣṭa, [RV. v, 32, 7]; ayaṃsiṣam Gr.; fut. yantā, [ib.]; yaṃsyati, yamiṣyati, [Br.] &c. inf. yántum, yamitum, [ib.]; yántave, yámitavaí, [RV.]; ind.p. yatvā, yamitvā, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; yátya, [AV.]; [Br.]; -yamya, [GṛŚrS.]; -yámam, [RV.]; [Br.]), to sustain, hold, hold up, support (Ā. ‘one's self’; with loc. ‘to be founded on’), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.]; to raise, wield (a weapon &c.; Ā. with āyudhaiḥ, ‘to brandish weapons’), [RV.]; to raise, extend or hold (as a screen &c.) over (dat.), [RV.]; (Ā.) to extend one's self before (dat.), [AitBr.]; to raise (the other scale), weigh more, [ŚBr.]; to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show, [RV.]; to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control, [ib.] &c. &c.; to offer; confer, grant, bestow on (dat. or loc.), present with (instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (with mārgam), to make way for (gen.), [MBh.]; (with prati and abl.), to give anything in exchange for anything, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 11]; (Ā.) to give one's self up to, be faithful to, obey (dat.), [RV.]; to raise, utter (a sound &c.), [ib.]; to fix, establish, [ib.]; (Ā.) to be firm, not budge, [RV.]; to catch fire, [TBr.] (Sch.) : Pass. yamyáte (aor. áyāmi), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. yāmayati ([AV.]), yamayati ([Br.] &c.; °te, [MBh.]; aor. ayīyamat), to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order: Desid. yiyaṃsati, to wish to restrain &c., [Br.] : Intens. yaṃyamīti (see ud-√ yam) or yaṃyamyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 85], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]) [cf. Gk. ζημία, ‘restraint, punishment’.]

ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j).

ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.]

ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ].

ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover

ya : wind

ya : joining

ya : restraining

ya : fame

ya : a carriage (?)

ya : barley

ya : light

ya : abandoning

🔎 yám 🔎 yá-

| āsāḥ

nominal stemSGNINS

from ā́s-

ās : ind. (an interjection implying joy, anger, menace, pain, affliction, recollection) Ah! Oh! &c.

ās : cl. 2. Ā. ā́ste (and ā́sate, [AV. xi, 8, 32], &c.; Impv. 2. sg. ās-sva, āsva, and āsasva; 2. pl. ādhvam; p. āsāná, āsat [[R.]], and āsīna [see below]; āsāṃ-cakre [[Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87]]; āsiṣyate; āsiṣṭa; āsitum) to sit, sit down, rest, lie, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Śak.] &c.; to be present; to exist; to inhabit, dwell in; to make one's abode in [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to sit quietly, abide, remain, continue, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to cease, have an end, [Pañcat.]; [Daś.]; [Hit.] &c.; to solemnize, celebrate; to do anything without interruption; to continue doing anything; to continue in any situation; to last; (it is used in the sense of ‘continuing’, with a participle, adj., or subst., e.g. etat sāma gāyann āste, ‘he continues singing this verse’; with an indeclinable participle in tvā, ya, or am, e.g. upa-rudhya arim āsīta, ‘he should continue blockading the foe’; with an adverb, e.g. tūṣṇīm āste, ‘he continues quiet’; sukham āsva, ‘continue well’; with an inst. case, e.g. sukhenāste, ‘he continues well’; with a dat. case, e.g. āstāṃ tuṣṭaye, ‘may it be to your satisfaction’) : Caus. āsayati, to cause any one to sit down Comm. on [Pāṇ.] : Desid. Ā. āsisiṣate, [ib.];

ās : [cf. Gk. ἧ(σ)-μαι, ἧς-ται : Lat. âsa changed to âra; â-nus for âs-nus.]

ās : √ (ā- 2. as) P. āsyati, to throw upon, lay or put upon, [TBr.]; [Kāṭh.] : Ā. (Impv. 2. pl. ā́syadhvam) to cause to flow in, pour in [RV. x, 30, 2]; [ŚBr. i]; to put or throw on for one's self, [MaitrS.]

ās : n. (?) mouth, face, (only in abl. and instr.) āsás (with the prep. ā), from mouth to mouth, in close proximity, [RV. vii, 99, 7]

ās : āsā́ and āsayā́ (generally used as an adv.), before one's eyes

ās : by word of mouth

ās : personally

ās : present

ās : in one's own person

ās : immediately, [RV. vi, 16, 9], &c.

🔎 āsā́ 🔎 ā́s-

| kṛpanīl̥am | bhāsāketum | vardhayanti

rootPLPRSACT3INDsecondary conjugation:CAUS

from √vr̥dh-

vṛdh : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xviii, 20]) várdhate (Ved. and ep. also °ti; pf. vavárdha, vavṛdhe, [RV.] &c. &c. [Ved. also vāvṛ°; vavṛdhāti, °dhītā́s, °dhásva, [RV.]; vāvṛdhéte, [RV.]; p. vāvṛdhát or vavṛdhát, [RV.]; [AV.]; aor. Ved. avṛdhat, vṛdhātas, °dhātu; p. vṛdhát, °dhāná]; avardhiṣṭa, [MBh.] &c.; Prec. vardhiṣīmáhi, [VS.]; fut. vardhitā Gr.; vartsyati, [Kāv.]; vardhiṣyate Gr.; inf. Ved. vṛdhe [‘for increase’, ‘to make glad’], vṛdháse, vāvṛdhádhyai; Class. vardhitum; ind.p. vṛddhvā, or vardhitvā Gr.; in [MBh.] √ is sometimes confounded with √ 1. vṛt), trans. P., to increase, augment, strengthen, cause to prosper or thrive, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; to elevate, exalt, gladden, cheer, exhilarate (esp. the gods, with praise or sacrifice), [RV.]; (intrans. Ā.; in Ved. P. in pf. and aor.; in Class. P. in aor. fut. and cond.; also P. mc. in other forms), to grow, grow up, increase, be filled or extended, become longer or stronger, thrive, prosper, succeed, [RV.] &c. &c.; to rise, ascend (as the scale in ordeals), [Yājñ., Sch.]; to be exalted or elevated, feel animated or inspired or excited by (instr. loc. gen.) or in regard to (dat.), become joyful, have cause for congratulation (vṛdhaḥ, °dhat in sacrificial formulas = ‘mayest thou or may he prosper’; in later language often with diṣṭyā), [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. vardháyati, °te (in later language also vardhāpayati; aor. Ved. avīvṛdhat, °dhata), to cause to increase or grow, augment, increase, make larger or longer, heighten, strengthen, further, promote (Ā. ‘for one's self’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to rear, cherish, foster, bring up, [ib.]; to elevate, raise to power, cause to prosper or thrive, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to exalt, magnify, glorify (esp. the gods), make joyful, gladden (Ā. in Ved. also = to rejoice, be joyful, take delight in [instr.], enjoy, [RV.] &c. &c.; with or scil. diṣṭyā) to congratulate, [Kād.]; (cl. 10. accord. to [Dhātup. xxxiii, 109]) ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’ (bhāṣārthe or bhāsārthe) : Desid. of Caus. See vivardhayiṣu: Desid. vivardhiṣate or vivṛtsati Gr.: Intens. varīvṛdhyate, varivṛdhīti, [ib.]

🔎 vardháyanti 🔎 √vr̥dh-

| bhrājate | śreṇidan

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

10.20.3

Whom with their mouth they magnify, bannered with flame and homed in light. He glitters with his row of teeth.

Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
10.20.3	yám yam : cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxiii, 15]) yácchati (Ved. also °te, and Ved. ep. yámati, °te; pf. yayāma, yeme; 2. sg. yayantha, 3. pl. yemúḥ, yemiré, [RV.] &c. &c.; 3. du. irreg. -yamatuḥ, [RV. v, 67, 1]; aor. áyān, áyamuh; Impv. yaṃsi, yandhí; Pot. yamyās, yamīmahi, [RV.]; áyāṃsam, ayāṃsi, áyaṃsta Subj. yaṃsat, °satas, °sate, [ib.]; [Br.]; 3. sg. -yámiṣṭa, [RV. v, 32, 7]; ayaṃsiṣam Gr.; fut. yantā, [ib.]; yaṃsyati, yamiṣyati, [Br.] &c. inf. yántum, yamitum, [ib.]; yántave, yámitavaí, [RV.]; ind.p. yatvā, yamitvā, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; yátya, [AV.]; [Br.]; -yamya, [GṛŚrS.]; -yámam, [RV.]; [Br.]), to sustain, hold, hold up, support (Ā. ‘one's self’; with loc. ‘to be founded on’), [RV.]; [Br.]; [ChUp.]; to raise, wield (a weapon &c.; Ā. with āyudhaiḥ, ‘to brandish weapons’), [RV.]; to raise, extend or hold (as a screen &c.) over (dat.), [RV.]; (Ā.) to extend one's self before (dat.), [AitBr.]; to raise (the other scale), weigh more, [ŚBr.]; to stretch out, expand, spread, display, show, [RV.]; to hold or keep in, hold back, restrain, check, curb, govern, subdue, control, [ib.] &c. &c.; to offer; confer, grant, bestow on (dat. or loc.), present with (instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (with mārgam), to make way for (gen.), [MBh.]; (with prati and abl.), to give anything in exchange for anything, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. ii, 3, 11]; (Ā.) to give one's self up to, be faithful to, obey (dat.), [RV.]; to raise, utter (a sound &c.), [ib.]; to fix, establish, [ib.]; (Ā.) to be firm, not budge, [RV.]; to catch fire, [TBr.] (Sch.) : Pass. yamyáte (aor. áyāmi), to be raised or lifted up or held back or restrained, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. yāmayati ([AV.]), yamayati ([Br.] &c.; °te, [MBh.]; aor. ayīyamat), to restrain, hold in, control, keep or put in order: Desid. yiyaṃsati, to wish to restrain &c., [Br.] : Intens. yaṃyamīti (see ud-√ yam) or yaṃyamyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 85], Vārtt. 2, [Pat.]) [cf. Gk. ζημία, ‘restraint, punishment’.] 🔎 yám	yá- ya : the 1st semivowel (corresponding to the vowels i and ī, and having the sound of the English y, in Bengal usually pronounced j). ya : m. (in prosody) a bacchic (˘ ¯ ¯), [Piṅg.] ya : the actual base of the relative pronoun in declension [cf. yád and Gk. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ]. ya : m. (in some senses fr. √ 1. yā, only, [L.]) a goer or mover ya : wind ya : joining ya : restraining ya : fame ya : a carriage (?) ya : barley ya : light ya : abandoning 🔎 yá-	pronounSGMACC
10.20.3	āsā́ 🔎 āsā́	ā́s- ās : ind. (an interjection implying joy, anger, menace, pain, affliction, recollection) Ah! Oh! &c. ās : cl. 2. Ā. ā́ste (and ā́sate, [AV. xi, 8, 32], &c.; Impv. 2. sg. ās-sva, āsva, and āsasva; 2. pl. ādhvam; p. āsāná, āsat [[R.]], and āsīna [see below]; āsāṃ-cakre [[Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87]]; āsiṣyate; āsiṣṭa; āsitum) to sit, sit down, rest, lie, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Śak.] &c.; to be present; to exist; to inhabit, dwell in; to make one's abode in [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to sit quietly, abide, remain, continue, [RV.]; [AV.] &c.; to cease, have an end, [Pañcat.]; [Daś.]; [Hit.] &c.; to solemnize, celebrate; to do anything without interruption; to continue doing anything; to continue in any situation; to last; (it is used in the sense of ‘continuing’, with a participle, adj., or subst., e.g. etat sāma gāyann āste, ‘he continues singing this verse’; with an indeclinable participle in tvā, ya, or am, e.g. upa-rudhya arim āsīta, ‘he should continue blockading the foe’; with an adverb, e.g. tūṣṇīm āste, ‘he continues quiet’; sukham āsva, ‘continue well’; with an inst. case, e.g. sukhenāste, ‘he continues well’; with a dat. case, e.g. āstāṃ tuṣṭaye, ‘may it be to your satisfaction’) : Caus. āsayati, to cause any one to sit down Comm. on [Pāṇ.] : Desid. Ā. āsisiṣate, [ib.]; ās : [cf. Gk. ἧ(σ)-μαι, ἧς-ται : Lat. âsa changed to âra; â-nus for âs-nus.] ās : √ (ā- 2. as) P. āsyati, to throw upon, lay or put upon, [TBr.]; [Kāṭh.] : Ā. (Impv. 2. pl. ā́syadhvam) to cause to flow in, pour in [RV. x, 30, 2]; [ŚBr. i]; to put or throw on for one's self, [MaitrS.] ās : n. (?) mouth, face, (only in abl. and instr.) āsás (with the prep. ā), from mouth to mouth, in close proximity, [RV. vii, 99, 7] ās : āsā́ and āsayā́ (generally used as an adv.), before one's eyes ās : by word of mouth ās : personally ās : present ās : in one's own person ās : immediately, [RV. vi, 16, 9], &c. 🔎 ā́s-	nominal stemSGNINS
10.20.3	kr̥pánīḷam 🔎 kr̥pánīḷam	kr̥pánīḷa- 🔎 kr̥pánīḷa-	nominal stemSGMACC
10.20.3	bhāsā́ketum 🔎 bhāsā́ketum	bhāsā́ketu- bhāsāketu : bhāsā́-ketu mfn. (fr. instr. of 2. bhā́s + k°) perceivable by or appearing through light, [RV. x, 20, 3.] 🔎 bhāsā́ketu-	nominal stemSGMACC
10.20.3	vardháyanti 🔎 vardháyanti	√vr̥dh- vṛdh : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xviii, 20]) várdhate (Ved. and ep. also °ti; pf. vavárdha, vavṛdhe, [RV.] &c. &c. [Ved. also vāvṛ°; vavṛdhāti, °dhītā́s, °dhásva, [RV.]; vāvṛdhéte, [RV.]; p. vāvṛdhát or vavṛdhát, [RV.]; [AV.]; aor. Ved. avṛdhat, vṛdhātas, °dhātu; p. vṛdhát, °dhāná]; avardhiṣṭa, [MBh.] &c.; Prec. vardhiṣīmáhi, [VS.]; fut. vardhitā Gr.; vartsyati, [Kāv.]; vardhiṣyate Gr.; inf. Ved. vṛdhe [‘for increase’, ‘to make glad’], vṛdháse, vāvṛdhádhyai; Class. vardhitum; ind.p. vṛddhvā, or vardhitvā Gr.; in [MBh.] √ is sometimes confounded with √ 1. vṛt), trans. P., to increase, augment, strengthen, cause to prosper or thrive, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; to elevate, exalt, gladden, cheer, exhilarate (esp. the gods, with praise or sacrifice), [RV.]; (intrans. Ā.; in Ved. P. in pf. and aor.; in Class. P. in aor. fut. and cond.; also P. mc. in other forms), to grow, grow up, increase, be filled or extended, become longer or stronger, thrive, prosper, succeed, [RV.] &c. &c.; to rise, ascend (as the scale in ordeals), [Yājñ., Sch.]; to be exalted or elevated, feel animated or inspired or excited by (instr. loc. gen.) or in regard to (dat.), become joyful, have cause for congratulation (vṛdhaḥ, °dhat in sacrificial formulas = ‘mayest thou or may he prosper’; in later language often with diṣṭyā), [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. vardháyati, °te (in later language also vardhāpayati; aor. Ved. avīvṛdhat, °dhata), to cause to increase or grow, augment, increase, make larger or longer, heighten, strengthen, further, promote (Ā. ‘for one's self’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to rear, cherish, foster, bring up, [ib.]; to elevate, raise to power, cause to prosper or thrive, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.; to exalt, magnify, glorify (esp. the gods), make joyful, gladden (Ā. in Ved. also = to rejoice, be joyful, take delight in [instr.], enjoy, [RV.] &c. &c.; with or scil. diṣṭyā) to congratulate, [Kād.]; (cl. 10. accord. to [Dhātup. xxxiii, 109]) ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’ (bhāṣārthe or bhāsārthe) : Desid. of Caus. See vivardhayiṣu: Desid. vivardhiṣate or vivṛtsati Gr.: Intens. varīvṛdhyate, varivṛdhīti, [ib.] 🔎 √vr̥dh-	rootPLPRSACT3INDsecondary conjugation:CAUS
10.20.3	bhrā́jate 🔎 bhrā́jate	√bhrāj- bhrāj : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. vi, 22]) bhrā́jate (rarely P. °ti; pf. babhrāja, [MBh.]; bhreje, babhrājire and bhrejire Gr.; aor. abhrāṭ, abhrāji, [RV.]; abhrājiṣṭa Gr.; Prec. bhrājyāsam, [AV.]; fut. bhrājitā Gr.; bhrājiṣyate, [MBh.]; inf. bhrājitum, [ib.]), to shine, beam, sparkle, glitter, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with na), to be of no account, [Cāṇ.] : Caus. bhrājayati (aor. ababhrājat and abibhrajat), to cause to shine or glitter, illuminate, irradiate, [MBh.]; [Kathās.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] : Desid. bibhrājiṣate Gr. ; Intens. bābhrājyate or bābhrāṣṭi, [ib.] bhrāj : [cf. bhṛgu; Gk. ϕλέγω; Lat. fulgere, flamma for flag-ma &c.; Lith. blizgù; Germ. bleichen; Eng. bleach.] bhrāj : bhrā́j f. (nom. bhrā́ṭ) light, lustre, splendour, [RV.]; [MaitrS.]; [ĀpŚr.] [cf. Gk. ϕλόξ.] 🔎 √bhrāj-	rootSGPRSMED3IND
10.20.3	śréṇidan 🔎 śréṇidan	śréṇidant- 🔎 śréṇidant-	nominal stemSGMNOM

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