Rig Veda 6.16.37

Addressed to: Agni

Group: Hymns to Agni

Text (Devanagari)

6.16.37

उप॑ त्वा र॒ण्वसं॑दृशं॒ प्रय॑स्वन्तः सहस्कृत

अग्ने॑ ससृ॒ज्महे॒ गिरः॑

Text (Roman)

6.16.37

úpa tvā raṇvásaṃdr̥śam

práyasvantaḥ sahaskr̥ta

ágne sasr̥jmáhe gíraḥ

Padapāṭha

6.16.37

upa

invariablelocal particle:LP

from úpa

upa : úpa ind. (a preposition or prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) towards, near to (opposed to apa, away), by the side of, with, together with, under, down (e.g. upa-√ gam, to go near, undergo; upa-gamana, approaching; in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context, and sometimes is placed after the verb to which it belongs, e.g. āyayur upa = upāyayuḥ, they approached). (As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns expresses) direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, and relationship, but with the idea of subordination and inferiority (e.g. upa-kaniṣṭhikā, the finger next to the little finger; upa-purāṇam, a secondary or subordinate Purāṇa; upa-daśa, nearly ten)

upa : sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g. upa-mūlam, at the root; upa-pūrva-rātram, towards the beginning of night; upa-kūpe, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g. upakūpa-jalāśaya, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well)

upa : prefixed to proper names may express in classical literature ‘a younger brother’ (e.g. upendra, ‘the younger brother of Indra’), and in Buddhist literature ‘a son’. (As a separable adverb rarely expresses) thereto, further, moreover (e.g. tatropa brahma yo veda, who further knows the Brahman), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [PārGṛ.] (As a separable preposition) near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below (with acc., e.g. upa āśāḥ, towards the regions)

upa : near to, at, on, upon

upa : at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with loc., e.g. upa sānuṣu, on the tops of the mountains)

upa : with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst., e.g. upa dharmabhiḥ, according to the rules of duty), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] , besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction; ornament; command; reproof; undertaking; giving; killing; diffusing; wish; power; effort; resemblance, &c.;

upa : [cf. Zd. upa; Gk. ὑπό; Lat. sub; Goth. uf; Old Germ. oba; Mod. Germ. ob in Obdach, obliegen, &c.]

🔎 úpa

rootPLPRFMED1IND

from √sr̥j-

sṛj : (cf. √ 2. sarj) cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 121]) sṛjáti (Ved. and ep. also °te, and once in [AV.] sárjati; pf. sasarja, sasṛjé [2. sg. accord. to [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 65], sasarjitha and sasraṣṭha, in [BhP.] once sasarktha]; Vedic forms are sasṛjmáhe, °jrire, sasṛjyāt, asasṛgram; p. sasṛjāná, q.v.; sasṛgmáhe; aor. asrākṣīt; ásṛkṣi, ásṛṣṭa [Ved. also ásṛgram or °ran; ásarji; asrāk, asrāṭ; srās; srakṣat; p. sṛjāná, q.v.] [ib.] ; fut. sraṣṭā, [PañcavBr.]; srakṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. sraṣṭum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. sṛṣṭvā, [Br.]; -sṛ́jya, [ib.] &c.; -sárgam or -sárjam, [Br.]), to let go or fly, discharge, throw, cast, hurl at (acc. or dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to cast or let go (a measuring line), [RV.]; to emit, pour forth, shed, cause to flow (rain, streams &c.), [ib.] &c. &c.; to utter (a sound), [Kathās.]; to turn or direct (glances), [Kum.]; to let loose, cause (horses) to go quickly; Ā. ‘to speed, run, hasten’, [RV.]; to release, set free, [ib.]; [AV.]; [Kauś.]; to open (a door), [Kauś.]; to publish, proclaim, [AitBr.]; to draw out and twist (a thread), twist, wind, spin (lit. and fig.; Ā. sṛjyate, ‘for one's self’; cf. [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87], Vārtt. 15, and [Dhātup. xxvi, 69]), [TS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]; (in older language only Ā.) to emit from one's self, i.e. create, procreate, produce, beget, [RV.] &c. &c.; to procure, grant, bestow, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to use, employ, [Rājat.]; to get, acquire, obtain, take (interest on money lent), [Mn. viii, 140]; to hang on, fasten to (loc.), [MBh. iii, 2218] (perhaps asṛjat, w.r. for asajat; see √ sañj) : Pass. sṛjyate (aor. ásarji), to be let loose or emitted or created, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. sarjayati, °te (aor. asasarjat or asīsṛjat), to cause to let loose, let go, create &c., [Br.] &c.: Desid. sisṛkṣati, °te, to wish to send forth or hurl or throw, [Hariv.]; (Ā.) to wish to produce or create, [Kāṭh.]; [BhP.] : Intens. sarīsṛjyate, sarīsṛṣṭi &c. Gr.

sṛj : (ifc.) letting loose, emitting, discharging, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.

sṛj : producing, creating, begetting (also with gen.), [Inscr.]; [MBh.]; [Rājat.]

🔎 sasr̥jmáhe 🔎 √sr̥j-

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Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

6.16.37

O Child of Strength, to thee whose look is lovely we with dainty food, O Agni, have poured forth our songs.

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Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
6.16.37	úpa upa : úpa ind. (a preposition or prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) towards, near to (opposed to apa, away), by the side of, with, together with, under, down (e.g. upa-√ gam, to go near, undergo; upa-gamana, approaching; in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context, and sometimes is placed after the verb to which it belongs, e.g. āyayur upa = upāyayuḥ, they approached). (As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns expresses) direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, and relationship, but with the idea of subordination and inferiority (e.g. upa-kaniṣṭhikā, the finger next to the little finger; upa-purāṇam, a secondary or subordinate Purāṇa; upa-daśa, nearly ten) upa : sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g. upa-mūlam, at the root; upa-pūrva-rātram, towards the beginning of night; upa-kūpe, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g. upakūpa-jalāśaya, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well) upa : prefixed to proper names may express in classical literature ‘a younger brother’ (e.g. upendra, ‘the younger brother of Indra’), and in Buddhist literature ‘a son’. (As a separable adverb rarely expresses) thereto, further, moreover (e.g. tatropa brahma yo veda, who further knows the Brahman), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [PārGṛ.] (As a separable preposition) near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below (with acc., e.g. upa āśāḥ, towards the regions) upa : near to, at, on, upon upa : at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with loc., e.g. upa sānuṣu, on the tops of the mountains) upa : with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst., e.g. upa dharmabhiḥ, according to the rules of duty), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] , besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction; ornament; command; reproof; undertaking; giving; killing; diffusing; wish; power; effort; resemblance, &c.; upa : [cf. Zd. upa; Gk. ὑπό; Lat. sub; Goth. uf; Old Germ. oba; Mod. Germ. ob in Obdach, obliegen, &c.] 🔎 úpa	úpa upa : úpa ind. (a preposition or prefix to verbs and nouns, expressing) towards, near to (opposed to apa, away), by the side of, with, together with, under, down (e.g. upa-√ gam, to go near, undergo; upa-gamana, approaching; in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context, and sometimes is placed after the verb to which it belongs, e.g. āyayur upa = upāyayuḥ, they approached). (As unconnected with verbs and prefixed to nouns expresses) direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, and relationship, but with the idea of subordination and inferiority (e.g. upa-kaniṣṭhikā, the finger next to the little finger; upa-purāṇam, a secondary or subordinate Purāṇa; upa-daśa, nearly ten) upa : sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g. upa-mūlam, at the root; upa-pūrva-rātram, towards the beginning of night; upa-kūpe, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g. upakūpa-jalāśaya, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well) upa : prefixed to proper names may express in classical literature ‘a younger brother’ (e.g. upendra, ‘the younger brother of Indra’), and in Buddhist literature ‘a son’. (As a separable adverb rarely expresses) thereto, further, moreover (e.g. tatropa brahma yo veda, who further knows the Brahman), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [PārGṛ.] (As a separable preposition) near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below (with acc., e.g. upa āśāḥ, towards the regions) upa : near to, at, on, upon upa : at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with loc., e.g. upa sānuṣu, on the tops of the mountains) upa : with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst., e.g. upa dharmabhiḥ, according to the rules of duty), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] , besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction; ornament; command; reproof; undertaking; giving; killing; diffusing; wish; power; effort; resemblance, &c.; upa : [cf. Zd. upa; Gk. ὑπό; Lat. sub; Goth. uf; Old Germ. oba; Mod. Germ. ob in Obdach, obliegen, &c.] 🔎 úpa	invariablelocal particle:LP
6.16.37	tvā 🔎 tvā	tvám 🔎 tvám	pronounSGACC
6.16.37	raṇvásaṃdr̥śam 🔎 raṇvásaṃdr̥śam	raṇvásaṃdr̥ś- raṇvasaṃdṛś : raṇvá—saṃdṛś (raṇvá-), mfn. appearing beautiful, [ib.] 🔎 raṇvásaṃdr̥ś-	nominal stemSGMACC
6.16.37	práyasvantaḥ 🔎 práyasvantaḥ	práyasvant- 🔎 práyasvant-	nominal stemPLMNOM
6.16.37	sahaskr̥ta sahaskṛta : sáhas—kṛta (sáhas-), mfn. produced by strength (said of Agni), [RV.] sahaskṛta : invigorated, increased, excited, [ib.] 🔎 sahaskr̥ta	sáhaskr̥ta- sahaskṛta : sáhas—kṛta (sáhas-), mfn. produced by strength (said of Agni), [RV.] sahaskṛta : invigorated, increased, excited, [ib.] 🔎 sáhaskr̥ta-	nominal stemSGMVOC
6.16.37	ágne 🔎 ágne	agní- agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa) agni : the number three, [Sūryas.] agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid agni : bile, [L.] agni : gold, [L.] agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida agni : mystical substitute for the letter r agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.] agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj]. 🔎 agní-	nominal stemSGMVOC
6.16.37	sasr̥jmáhe 🔎 sasr̥jmáhe	√sr̥j- sṛj : (cf. √ 2. sarj) cl. 6. P. ([Dhātup. xxviii, 121]) sṛjáti (Ved. and ep. also °te, and once in [AV.] sárjati; pf. sasarja, sasṛjé [2. sg. accord. to [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 65], sasarjitha and sasraṣṭha, in [BhP.] once sasarktha]; Vedic forms are sasṛjmáhe, °jrire, sasṛjyāt, asasṛgram; p. sasṛjāná, q.v.; sasṛgmáhe; aor. asrākṣīt; ásṛkṣi, ásṛṣṭa [Ved. also ásṛgram or °ran; ásarji; asrāk, asrāṭ; srās; srakṣat; p. sṛjāná, q.v.] [ib.] ; fut. sraṣṭā, [PañcavBr.]; srakṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. sraṣṭum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. sṛṣṭvā, [Br.]; -sṛ́jya, [ib.] &c.; -sárgam or -sárjam, [Br.]), to let go or fly, discharge, throw, cast, hurl at (acc. or dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to cast or let go (a measuring line), [RV.]; to emit, pour forth, shed, cause to flow (rain, streams &c.), [ib.] &c. &c.; to utter (a sound), [Kathās.]; to turn or direct (glances), [Kum.]; to let loose, cause (horses) to go quickly; Ā. ‘to speed, run, hasten’, [RV.]; to release, set free, [ib.]; [AV.]; [Kauś.]; to open (a door), [Kauś.]; to publish, proclaim, [AitBr.]; to draw out and twist (a thread), twist, wind, spin (lit. and fig.; Ā. sṛjyate, ‘for one's self’; cf. [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 87], Vārtt. 15, and [Dhātup. xxvi, 69]), [TS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [ŚrS.]; (in older language only Ā.) to emit from one's self, i.e. create, procreate, produce, beget, [RV.] &c. &c.; to procure, grant, bestow, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; to use, employ, [Rājat.]; to get, acquire, obtain, take (interest on money lent), [Mn. viii, 140]; to hang on, fasten to (loc.), [MBh. iii, 2218] (perhaps asṛjat, w.r. for asajat; see √ sañj) : Pass. sṛjyate (aor. ásarji), to be let loose or emitted or created, [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. sarjayati, °te (aor. asasarjat or asīsṛjat), to cause to let loose, let go, create &c., [Br.] &c.: Desid. sisṛkṣati, °te, to wish to send forth or hurl or throw, [Hariv.]; (Ā.) to wish to produce or create, [Kāṭh.]; [BhP.] : Intens. sarīsṛjyate, sarīsṛṣṭi &c. Gr. sṛj : (ifc.) letting loose, emitting, discharging, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. sṛj : producing, creating, begetting (also with gen.), [Inscr.]; [MBh.]; [Rājat.] 🔎 √sr̥j-	rootPLPRFMED1IND
6.16.37	gíraḥ 🔎 gíraḥ	gír- ~ gīr- gir : gír mfn. (√ gṝ) addressing, invoking, praising, [RV.] gir : gír f. (ī́r) invocation, addressing with praise, praise, verse, song, [RV.] (the Maruts are called ‘sons of praise’, sūnávo gíraḥ, [i, 37, 10]), [AV.] gir : speech, speaking, language, voice, words (e.g. mānuṣīṃ giraṃ √ 1. kṛ, to assume a human voice, [Nal. i, 25]; girāṃ prabhaviṣṇuḥ [[VarBṛS.]] or pati [[VarYogay.]] = gir-īśa, q.v.; tad-girā, on his advice, [Kathās. lxxv]), [ChUp.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] &c. gir : = gīr-devī, fame, celebrity, [W.] gir : a kind of mystical syllable, [RāmatUp.]; gir : [cf. Hib. gair, ‘an outcry, shout’; Gk. γῆρυς.] gir : mfn. (√ gṝ) ifc. ‘swallowing’, see gara- and muhur-gír. gir : gír m. = girí, a mountain, [RV. v, 41, 14] and [vii, 39, 5]; [Śiś. iv, 59.] 🔎 gír- ~ gīr-	nominal stemPLFACC

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