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Rig Veda 1.60.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 60, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.60

Rishi: Gautama (Gautamāsaḥ tradition for RV 1.60)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 1.60; verse-length and cadence consistent)

उशिक्पावको वसुर्मानुषेषु वरेण्यो होताधायि विक्षु । दमूना गृहपतिर्दम आँ अग्निर्भुवद्रयिपती रयीणाम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.60.4

uśík-pāvako vásur mā́nuṣeṣu váreṇyo hótādhāyi vikṣú | damū́nā gṛhápatiḥ dáma ā́ agnír bhúvad rayipátī rayīṇā́m ||

Der glühende, geläuterte, lichtstrahlende — ein wahrer Schatz unter den Menschen — der erwählenswerte Hotar ist in den Geschlechtern eingesetzt. Als Hausbewohner, Herr des Hauses, tritt Agni in unsere Wohnstatt ein und wird zum Herrn der Reichtümer (rayí), zum Hüter der Füllen.

उशिक्Uśik (a name/epithet of Agni)
उशिक्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootउशिक्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उशिक्’ = उषस्/उष्-सम्बद्ध ‘उश्’ ‘to desire/shine’ से व्युत्पन्न वैदिक नाम)
पावकःthe purifier
पावकः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपावक- (पुं; √पू ‘to purify’ से)
वसुःthe good one; the beneficent/wealth-giver
वसुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवसु- (पुं; ‘good/wealth’)
मानुषेषुamong humans
मानुषेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमानुष- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘human’)
वरेण्यःworthy to be chosen
वरेण्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootवरेण्य- (adj.; √वृ ‘to choose’)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
होता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ- (पुं; √हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’)
अधायिwas established/was set
अधायि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√धा (to place/establish)
विक्षुamong the clans/peoples
विक्षु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootविश्- (स्त्री; ‘clan/settlement, people’)
दमूनाdwelling in the house; domestic
दमूना:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootदमून- (adj.; ‘house-abiding’, दम ‘house’ से)
गृहपतिःlord of the house
गृहपतिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगृहपति- (पुं; गृह + पति)
दमेin the house
दमे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदम- (पुं; ‘house’)
आtowards; indeed (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (पुं)
भुवत्became
भुवत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू (to be, become)
रयिपतिःlord of wealth
रयिपतिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootरयिपति- (पुं; रयि ‘wealth’ + पति)
रयीणाम्of riches/wealths
रयीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootरयि- (पुं; ‘wealth’)

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