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Rig Veda 8.60.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 60, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.60

Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (uncertain; needs metrical verification)

अग्ने कविर्वेधा असि होता पावक यक्ष्यः । मन्द्रो यजिष्ठो अध्वरेष्वीड्यो विप्रेभिः शुक्र मन्मभिः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.60.3

ágné kavír vedhā́ ási hótā pā́vaka yákṣyaḥ | mandró yájiṣṭho adhvaréṣv ī́ḍyo víprebhiḥ śúkra mánmabhiḥ ||

يا أغني، إنك كَفِيٌّ (kavi) وڤِدْها (vedhā)—الرائي العارف؛ وهوتَر (hotṛ) كاهنُ الاستدعاء؛ وبافَكا (pāvaka) المُطهِّر، المتهيِّئ لإقامة اليَجْنَا (yajña). أنتَ مَنْدْرا (mandra) بهيجٌ، الأتمُّ صنعةً في الأَدْهْوَرَا (adhwara)، جديرٌ بالتمجيد في القرابين؛ وتتلألأ بأفكارٍ لامعةٍ من الڤِبْرَا (vipra).

अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (address)
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
कविःseer, poet
कविः:
कर्तृ (of ‘असि’)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि- (प्रातिपदिक)
वेधाःwise one, ordainer
वेधाः:
कर्तृ (of ‘असि’)
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस्-/वेधा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘knower/ordainer’)
असिyou are
असि:
(copula) links subject-predicates
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
होताHotṛ-priest, invoker
होता:
कर्तृ (predicate of ‘असि’)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
पावकO purifier
पावक:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootपावक- (प्रातिपदिक; from √पू ‘to purify’)
यक्ष्यःyou will worship/sacrifice
यक्ष्यः:
कर्तृ (Agni as performer)
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु; Vedic future/precative formation ‘yákṣya-’)
मन्द्रःgladdening, exhilarating
मन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (predicate/epithet of Agni)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
यजिष्ठःmost worthy of worship
यजिष्ठः:
कर्तृ (epithet of Agni)
TypeAdjective (superlative)
Rootयजिष्ठ- (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of यज्य/यज ‘worshipful’)
अध्वरेषुin the sacrifices/rites
अध्वरेषु:
अधिकरण (locative: sphere)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर- (प्रातिपदिक)
ईड्यःto be praised, praiseworthy
ईड्यः:
कर्तृ (epithet of Agni)
TypeAdjective (gerundive)
Rootईड्य- (प्रातिपदिक; gerundive from √ईड्/√ईळ् ‘to praise’)
विप्रेभिःby/with the inspired poets
विप्रेभिः:
करण (instrument/agent-associate)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
शुक्रO bright/pure one
शुक्र:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeAdjective (address)
Rootशुक्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्मभिःwith hymns/thoughts
मन्मभिः:
करण (instrument: with thoughts/hymns)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्मन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, hymn, devotion’)

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