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Rig Veda 4.2.16

Addressed to: Agni
Group: Hymns to Agni
Text (Devanagari)

4.2.16

अधा॒ यथा॑ नः पि॒तरः॒ परा॑सः प्र॒त्नासो॑ अग्न ऋ॒तमा॑शुषा॒णाः

शुचीद॑य॒न्दीधि॑तिमुक्थ॒शासः॒ क्षामा॑ भि॒न्दन्तो॑ अरु॒णीरप॑ व्रन्

Text (Roman)

4.2.16

ádhā yáthā naḥ pitáraḥ párāsaḥ

pratnā́so agna r̥tám āśuṣāṇā́ḥ

śúcī́d ayan dī́dhitim ukthaśā́saḥ

kṣā́mā bhindánto aruṇī́r ápa vran

Padapāṭha

4.2.16

adha | yathā | naḥ | pitaraḥ | parāsaḥ | pratnāsaḥ | agne | ṛtam | āśuṣāṇāḥ | śuci | it | ayan | dīdhitim | ukthaśāsaḥ | kṣāmā | bhindantaḥ | aruṇīḥ | apa | vran

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

4.2.16

As in the days of old our ancient Fathers, speeding the work of holy worship, Agni, Sought pure light and devotion, singing praises; they cleft the ground and made red Dawns apparent.

Oldenberg's translation

4.2.16

And as our first, ancient fathers, O Agni, were aspiring after Rita 1—they attained to pure devotion 2, chanting their litanies. Cleaving the earth they disclosed the red (cows).

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Grammatical analysis
Source indexSurfaceLemmaInformation
4.2.16ádha +ádha invariable
4.2.16yáthāyáthā invariable
4.2.16naḥahám pronounPLGEN
4.2.16pitáraḥpitár- nominal stemPLMNOM
4.2.16párāsaḥpára- nominal stemPLMNOM
4.2.16pratnā́saḥpratná- nominal stemPLMNOM
4.2.16agneagní- nominal stemSGMVOC
4.2.16r̥támr̥tá- nominal stemSGNACC
4.2.16āśuṣāṇā́ḥ√śvasⁱ- rootPLMNOMPRSMEDnon-finite:PTCPlocal particle:LP
4.2.16śúciśúci- nominal stemSGNACC
4.2.16ítíd invariable
4.2.16ayan√i- 1 rootPLPRSACT3SBJV
4.2.16dī́dhitimdī́dhiti- nominal stemSGFACC
4.2.16ukthaśā́saḥukthaśás- nominal stemPLMNOM
4.2.16kṣā́ma +kṣā́man- nominal stemSGNACC
4.2.16bhindántaḥ√bhid- rootPLMNOMPRSACTnon-finite:PTCP
4.2.16aruṇī́ḥaruṇá- nominal stemPLFACC
4.2.16ápaápa invariablelocal particle:LP
4.2.16vran√vr̥- 1 rootPLAORACT3INJ
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