Rig Veda 3.10.5: Mandala 3, Sukta 10, Mantra 5
Sukta 3.10
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional for RV 3.10)
Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ/vedhas)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full-sūkta confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र होत्रे पूर्व्यं वचोऽग्नये भरता बृहत् । विपां ज्योतींषि बिभ्रते न वेधसे ॥
Transliteration
prá hotré pūrvyáṃ váco ’gnáye bharatā bṛhát | vipā́ṃ jyótīṃṣi bíbhrate ná vedháse ||
Translation
Bringt dem priesterlichen Feuer das uralte Wort dar — das große. Denn Agni ist der Vedhas, der Bildner, der die Lichter der Inspirierten trägt.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
होत्रेto the Hotṛ-priest
होत्रे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (prātipadika; from √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)
पूर्व्यम्ancient, primeval
पूर्व्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (adj. prātipadika; from पूर्व ‘former’)
वचःspeech, utterance
वचः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (prātipadika; from √वच् ‘to speak’)
अग्नयेto Agni
अग्नये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
भरतbear, bring
भरत:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरति)
बृहत्great, lofty
बृहत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (adj. prātipadika)
विपाम्of the inspired poets
विपाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootविप् (prātipadika; ‘inspired singer/poet’, Vedic)
ज्योतींषिlights, splendors
ज्योतींषि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (prātipadika)
बिभ्रतेto/for (him) bearing, carrying
बिभ्रते:
Sampradāna
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (bibhrati)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (particle)
वेधसेto the wise one (Vedhas)
वेधसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस् (prātipadika; ‘wise one/ordainer’, epithet esp. of Agni)
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