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Rig Veda 10.92.1: Mandala 10, Sukta 92, Mantra 1

Sukta 10.92

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ, guest, luminous ketu ascending to heaven)

यज्ञस्य वो रथ्यं विश्पतिं विशां होतारमक्तोरतिथिं विभावसुम् । शोचञ्छुष्कासु हरिणीषु जर्भुरद्वृषा केतुर्यजतो द्यामशायत ॥

yajñásya vo rathyàṃ viśpátiṃ viśā́ṃ hótāram aktór átithiṃ vibhā́vasum | śócan śúṣkāsu háriṇīṣu járbhurad vṛ́ṣā ketúr yajató dyā́m aśāyata ||

سائقُ مركبةِ يَجْناكم، سيّدُ الشعوب، الهوتَرُ للعشائر، ضيفُ الليالي، المُضيءُ لكلّ شيء—مشتعلًا يكدحُ بين الحطبِ اليابس. العلامةُ المشعّةُ الجبّارة، المعبودة، قد بسطتْ ذاتَها إلى السماء.

यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
वःfor you; of you
वः:
सम्प्रदान (to/for you) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
रथ्यम्the charioteer/driver (lit. ‘chariot-man’)
रथ्यम्:
कर्म (object/apposition)
TypeAdjective
Rootरथ्य (प्रातिपदिक; रथ-सम्बन्धी)
विश्पतिम्the lord of the clan/settlement
विश्पतिम्:
कर्म (object/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्पति (प्रातिपदिक; विश्+पति)
विशाम्of the clans/peoples
विशाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक)
होतारम्the Hotṛ-priest; invoker
होतारम्:
कर्म (object/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to sacrifice’)
अक्तोःof the night
अक्तोः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअक्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
अतिथिम्the guest
अतिथिम्:
कर्म (object/apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
विभावसुम्the radiant one; Agni (Vibhāvasu)
विभावसुम्:
कर्म (object/apposition)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootविभावसु (प्रातिपदिक; वि+भा+वसु)
शोचन्shining, blazing
शोचन्:
कर्तृ (describing the subject)
TypeVerb-participle
Root√शुच् (दीप्तौ) / √शोच् (दीप्तौ) → शोचत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
शुष्कासुamong/in the dry (ones)
शुष्कासु:
अधिकरण (location)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
हरिणीषुamong the tawny mares (i.e., flames/steeds)
हरिणीषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootहरिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
जर्भुरत्crackles/roars
जर्भुरत्:
कर्तृ (finite verb of the subject)
TypeVerb
Root√जर्भुर्/√जर्भ् (Vedic; ‘to crackle/gnaw, to roar/crepitate’)
वृषाthe bull (vigorous one)
वृषा:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
केतुःthe banner; light-sign
केतुः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootकेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
यजतःworthy of worship
यजतः:
कर्तृ (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootयजत (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to worship/sacrifice’)
द्याम्the heaven (sky)
द्याम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
अशायतhas lain down; has stretched (itself)
अशायत:
कर्तृ (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√शी (शये ‘to lie, to rest’) with preverb आ- → आ√शी

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