Rig Veda 1.75.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 75, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.75

Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional; verify)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely; confirm metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अथा ते अङ्गिरस्तमाग्ने वेधस्तम प्रियम् । वोचेम ब्रह्म सानसि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.75.2

Transliteration

áthā te aṅgiras-tamá agne vedhas-tama priyám | vocéma bráhma sānási ||

Translation

Dann wollen wir für dich, o Agni, den angirasischsten, den weisesten Ordner, das liebe (Wahre) sprechen — das Brahman — damit wir die Erlangung gewinnen.

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Word by Word

• अथा: then, thereafter
• अथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• ते: of you, your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गिरस्तम: O most Angiras-like (best of the Aṅgiras)
• अङ्गिरस्तम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (superlative epithet)
• Root: अङ्गिरस् + तमप्

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि

• वेधस्तम: O most wise / most skilful
• वेधस्तम: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (superlative epithet)
• Root: वेधस् (√विद्/√वेध् ‘to know/seek’) + तमप्

• प्रियम्: the dear (thing), the beloved (praise)
• प्रियम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रिय

• वोचेम: may we speak, let us utter
• वोचेम: कर्तृ (speaker ‘we’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (वच्)

• ब्रह्म: a sacred formulation, hymn/prayer
• ब्रह्म: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• सानसि: in the winning (of wealth), in the gaining
• सानसि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (locative of action/occasion) / Adjectival noun
• Root: सानसि (from √सन् ‘to gain, win’; ‘winning, gaining’)