Rig Veda 1.142.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 142, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.142

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (traditional for this adjoining Agni hymn cluster; attribution may vary by tradition)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable for RV 1.142.1; verify by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

समिद्धो अग्न आ वह देवाँ अद्य यतस्रुचे । तन्तुं तनुष्व पूर्व्यं सुतसोमाय दाशुषे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.142.1

Transliteration

sam-íddho agna ā́ vaha devā́m̐ adyá yata-srúce | tántuṃ tanuṣva pū́rvyaṃ sutá-somāya dāśúṣe ||

Translation

يا أغني المُوقَد، احملِ الآلهةَ اليوم، يا من تتحرّك مغرفتُه في المسار القويم. مُدَّ الخيطَ القديمَ لعملِ القربان من أجل سوما المعصور، من أجل المُعطي المُتعبِّد المُقدِّم.

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Word by Word

• समिद्धः: kindled, well-lit
• समिद्धः: विशेषण (अग्नेः)
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: सम्-इध्

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ

• वह: carry! bring!
• वह: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: अधिकारण (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• यतस्रुचे: to the offering-ladle in motion/ready (i.e., for the prepared ladle)
• यतस्रुचे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: यत-स्रुच्

• तन्तुम्: the thread, line
• तन्तुम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्तु

• तनुष्व: stretch/spin (for yourself)!
• तनुष्व: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: तन्

• पूर्व्यम्: ancient, primeval
• पूर्व्यम्: विशेषण (तन्तोः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व्य

• सुतसोमाय: for the one with pressed Soma / for the Soma-presser
• सुतसोमाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सुत-सोम

• दाशुषे: to the worshipper/giver (patron)
• दाशुषे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun-like participle
• Root: दाश्वस् (perf. act. ptc. of दा/दाश् ‘to give, worship’)