Rig Veda 1.141.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 141, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.141

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (same hymn complex; traditional attribution)

Devata: Agni as Hotṛ (invoker and carrier of offerings/aspirations)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify by metrical counting)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आदिद्धोतारं वृणते दिविष्टिषु भगमिव पपृचानास ऋञ्जते । देवान्यत्क्रत्वा मज्मना पुरुष्टुतो मर्तं शंसं विश्वधा वेति धायसे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.141.6

Transliteration

ād íd dhótāraṃ vṛṇate divíṣṭiṣu bhágam iva papṛcānā́sa ṛ́ñjate | devā́n yát kratvā́ majmánā puru-stutó mártaṃ śáṃsaṃ viśvádhā véti dhā́yase ||

Translation

ثمّ يختارون الهوتَر (Hotṛ/Hotar) في المقاعد العُليا؛ ويمسحونه بالدهن كما يُستدعى بهاگا (Bhaga) المُقسِّم. وحين، بالإرادة (kratu) وبالعظمة، يتحرّك الكثيرُ المديح بين الآلهة، يحملُ قولَ الإنسان الفاني—كلمةَ التطلّع—على كلّ وجهٍ لتثبيتها.

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Word by Word

• आत्: then, thereupon
• आत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आत् (निपात) < अद्/अत्-प्रातिशाख्यीय निपात

• इद्धोतारम्: the Hotṛ-priest (indeed)
• इद्धोतारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक) + इद् (निपात) (इद्ध- ‘indeed’)

• वृणते: chooses
• वृणते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणुते) ‘choose’

• दिविष्टिषु: in the divine rites/assemblies
• दिविष्टिषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिविष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘heavenly rite/contest; divine service’

• भगम्: Bhaga / fortune
• भगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Bhaga; share, good fortune’

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (उपमा-अव्यय)

• पपृचानासः: having joined/mingled (together)
• पपृचानासः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √पृच् ‘mix, join’ → पपृचान (कृदन्त, परस्मैपदीय-परिपाठ; RV)

• ऋञ्जते: they arrange/adorn
• ऋञ्जते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋञ्ज् ‘make straight; set in order; adorn’

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when/that
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (संबन्ध/यत्-शब्द)

• क्रत्वा: by (their) resolve/ritual power
• क्रत्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘will, resolve, ritual power’

• मज्मना: by greatness/might
• मज्मना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘greatness, might, abundance’

• पुरुष्टुतः: the much-praised one
• पुरुष्टुतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु-स्तुत (प्रातिपदिक) ‘much-praised’

• मर्तम्: a mortal
• मर्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त (प्रातिपदिक) ‘mortal’

• शंसम्: praise
• शंसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंस (प्रातिपदिक) ‘praise, hymn’

• विश्वधा: in every way, wholly
• विश्वधा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विश्वधा (अव्यय) < विश्व + धा (प्रकारार्थे)

• वेति: pursues/attains
• वेति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वी/वे (वेत्) ‘pursue, go toward; seek’ (RV usage)

• धायसे: for bestowal/support
• धायसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: √धा ‘place, bestow’ → धायस् (कृदन्त/नामधातु-भाव) ‘bestowal, support’