Rig Veda 5.22.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 22, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.22
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (explicitly referenced atri-vat; hymn in Atri collection)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र विश्वसामन्नत्रिवदर्चा पावकशोचिषे । यो अध्वरेष्वीड्यो होता मन्द्रतमो विशि ॥
Transliteration
prá víśvasāmann atrivád arcā pāvakáśociṣe | yó adhvaréṣv ī́ḍyo hótā mandrátamo viśí ||
Translation
أنشدْ إلى الأمام، يا ترنيمةَ الشمول، كما كان أتري ينشد، للّهبِ المطهِّر. ذاك الذي في الأدهفارا (adhvara) يُبتغى ويُعبَد—الهوتَر (Hotar)، الأشدُّ طربًا بين الشعوب—فليُثبَّتْ بكلمتنا.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
विश्वसामन्the all-(comprehensive) sāman/praise
विश्वसामन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविश्व-सामन् (prātipadika; tatpuruṣa: ‘all’ + ‘sāman/praise-song’)
अत्रिवत्like Atri
अत्रिवत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial)
Rootअत्रि + वत् (taddhita -vat)
अर्चpraise, sing
अर्च:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√अर्च् (अर्चँ) ‘to praise, sing’
पावकशोचिषेto the purifying-flamed (Agni)
पावकशोचिषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपावक-शोचिस् (prātipadika; karmadhāraya: ‘purifying’ + ‘flame/splendour’)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (of ‘होता’ / implied ‘is’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
अध्वरेषुin the sacrifices
अध्वरेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (prātipadika) ‘sacrifice, rite’
ईड्यःpraiseworthy, to be invoked
ईड्यः:
Kartā (predicative attribute of ‘यः/होता’)
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootईड्य (kṛdanta from √ईड्/√ईळ् ‘to praise, invoke’)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (agent noun from √हु ‘to pour/offer, sacrifice’)
मन्द्रतमःmost delightful/most gladdening
मन्द्रतमः:
Kartā (qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द्र-तम (adj.; ‘gladdening/pleasant’ + superlative -तम)
विशिamong the people / in the clan
विशि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (prātipadika) ‘clan, settlement, people’
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