Rig Veda 1.45.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 45, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.45

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ and ṛtvij)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नि त्वा होतारमृत्विजं दधिरे वसुवित्तमम् । श्रुत्कर्णं सप्रथस्तमं विप्रा अग्ने दिविष्टिषु ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.45.7

Transliteration

ní tvā hotā́ram ṛtv́ijaṃ dadhiré vasuvíttamam | śrútkarṇaṃ sapráthastamaṃ víprā agne divíṣṭiṣu ||

Translation

Dich haben die Seher eingesetzt als Hotṛ, als ṛtvij — Priester der rechten Zeit, als besten Finder der Güter. O Agni, mit wahrhaft hörendem Ohr, der Weiteste im Ausbreiten: in den göttlichen Wettkämpfen bist du aufgerichtet.

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Word by Word

• नि: down; in; forth (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga) / ni (avyaya)

• त्वा: you (thee)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (asmad/yusmad-pronoun stem)

• होतारम्: the Hotṛ-priest; invoker
• होतारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (from √हु ‘to sacrifice, invoke’)

• ऋत्विजम्: the Ṛtvij (ritual priest); officiant
• ऋत्विजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: ऋत्विज् (ṛtu+√यज् ‘to worship’ > ‘seasonal sacrificer’)

• दधिरे: they have placed; they have set
• दधिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धारणे/स्थापने) with reduplication (perfect)

• वसुवित्तमम्: most wealth-winning; best giver/finder of riches
• वसुवित्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसुवित्तम (वसु-वित्तम; superlative of ‘wealth-finding/wealth-winning’)

• श्रुत्कर्णम्: keen-eared; having attentive ears
• श्रुत्कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत्कर्ण (श्रुत्+कर्ण ‘having-hearing ears’)

• सप्रथस्तमम्: most far-spreading; most widely renowned
• सप्रथस्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-प्रथस्-तम (from प्रथस् ‘breadth, expansion, wide fame’ + superlative -तम)

• विप्राः: the seers; inspired poets
• विप्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (from √विप्/√वेप् ‘to tremble, be inspired’ > ‘inspired sage’)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि

• दिविष्टिषु: in the heavenly rites; in the divine contests/ceremonies
• दिविष्टिषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिविष्टि (divi-ṣṭi ‘heavenly rite/contest’; RV noun)