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Rig Veda 3.20.5: Mandala 3, Sukta 20, Mantra 5

Sukta 3.20

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional attribution for Mandala 3; hymn context invokes a collective of deities)
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ / collective invocation (with prominence of Agni, Uṣas, Bṛhaspati, Savitṛ, Aśvins, Mitra-Varuṇa, Bhaga, Vasus, Rudras, Ādityas)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verse-length and cadence consistent with many Mandala 3 invocations, though exact metrical scan not computed here)

दधिक्रामग्निमुषसं च देवीं बृहस्पतिं सवितारं च देवम् । अश्विना मित्रावरुणा भगं च वसून्रुद्राँ आदित्याँ इह हुवे ॥

dadhikrām agním uṣásaṃ ca devī́m bṛ́haspátiṃ savitā́raṃ ca devám | aśvínā mitrā́varuṇā bhágaṃ ca vásūn rudrā́m̐ ādityā́m̐ ihá huve ||

ইয়াত মই আহ্বান কৰোঁ দধিক্ৰাৱণক, অগ্নিক, আৰু দেৱী উষাক; বृहস্পতিক আৰু দেব সৱিতৃক। আহ্বান কৰোঁ অশ্বিনদ্বয়ক, মিত্র-বৰুণক, আৰু ভগক; আৰু ইয়াত আহ্বান কৰোঁ বসুসকলক, ৰুদ্রসকলক, আৰু আদিত্যসকলক।

दधिक्राम्Dadhikrāvan (the divine steed/deity)
दधिक्राम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootदधिक्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक) < √क्रम् (क्रमु गतौ) उपसर्गः दधि- (नामधातु/समास) ; वैदिक-नाम
अग्निम्Agni (fire-god)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
उषसम्Uṣas (Dawn)
उषसम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
देवीम्the goddess (divine one)
देवीम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहस्पतिम्Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
सवितारम्Savitṛ
सवितारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
देवम्the god (divine one)
देवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनाthe Aśvins
अश्विना:
कर्म
TypeNoun (dual deity)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-देवता)
मित्रावरुणाMitra and Varuṇa
मित्रावरुणा:
कर्म
TypeNoun (dual deity)
Rootमित्रावरुण (द्वन्द्व-समासः: मित्र + वरुण)
भगम्Bhaga
भगम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभग (प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वसून्the Vasus
वसून्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक; देवगणः)
रुद्रान्the Rudras
रुद्रान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक; देवगणः)
आदित्यान्the Ādityas
आदित्यान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक; देवगणः)
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
हुवेI invoke / I call
हुवे:
TypeVerb
Root√हू (ह्वेञ् आह्वाने)

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