Mantra 2

Sukta 101

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अग्निमग्निं हवीमभिः सदा हवन्त विश्पतिम्। हव्यवाहं पुरुप्रियम्

IAST Transliteration

agním-agníṃ havī́mabhiḥ sádā havanta viśpátim | havyavā́haṃ purupriyám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Agni—Agni—men ever invoke with oblations, the lord of the folk, the oblation-bearer, the many-beloved.

Translation

অগ্নিক—অগ্নিক—মানুহে সদায় হৱি (আহুতি) লৈ আহ্বান কৰে, বিশ্পতি (জনসমাজৰ অধিপতি) জনক; হব্যবাহ (আহুতি-বহনকাৰী), বহুপ্ৰিয় জনক।

Word by Word

• अग्निम्: Agni (as the object of invocation)
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निम्: Agni (repeated: ‘Agni, Agni’)
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• हवीमभिः: with oblations
• हवीमभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)

• हवन्त: they invoke / they offer (into fire)
• हवन्त: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (जुहोत्यादि) / वैदिक प्रयोग: ‘हवन्त’ = 3rd pl. pres.

• विश्पतिम्: the lord of the clan/settlement
• विश्पतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्पति- (प्रातिपदिक; विश् + पति)

• हव्यवाहम्: the oblation-carrier (Agni)
• हव्यवाहम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हव्यवाह- (प्रातिपदिक; हव्या + वाह)

• पुरुप्रियम्: much-beloved / dear to many
• पुरुप्रियम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुप्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक; पुरु + प्रिय)

Attribution

Rishi: R̥gvedic provenance (Agni hymn; exact r̥ṣi per RV identification).

Devata: Agni.

Chandas: Gāyatrī (typical for this stanzaic form; confirm by metrical audit).

Mantra Rasa

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