Rig Veda 3.19.2 — Mandala 3, Sukta 19, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.19

Devata: Agni (with devatāti; Vasus invoked as supporting powers)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ते अग्ने हविष्मतीमियर्म्यच्छा सुद्युम्नां रातिनीं घृताचीम् । प्रदक्षिणिद्देवतातिमुराणः सं रातिभिर्वसुभिर्यज्ञमश्रेत् ॥

Transliteration

prá te agne havíṣmatīm iyarmí ácchā sudyumnā́ṃ rātínīṃ ghṛtā́cīm | prá-dakṣiṇíd devátātiṃ urāṇáḥ sáṃ rātíbhiḥ vásubhir yajñám aśret ||

Translation

Zu dir, o Agni, setze ich die opferreiche Gabe in Bewegung – lichtglänzend, von guter Leuchtkraft, eine Spenderin von Gaben, von Ghṛta strömend. Rechtsläufig schreitend, eifrig, weit an Macht: Möge die Schar der Gottheiten sich festigen; mit Gaben und mit den Vasus möge das Opfer Bestand gewinnen.

Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (pronominal base)

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

• हविष्मतीम्: having oblation, rich in offering
• हविष्मतीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हविष्मत् (हविस् + -मत्)

• इयर्मि: I set in motion / I send forth
• इयर्मि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/इर् (ईरयति/इयर्ति)

• अच्छा: towards
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा

• सुद्युम्नाम्: of good splendour/glory
• सुद्युम्नाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुद्युम्न (सु- + द्युम्न)

• रातिनीम्: the giving one / bestowing
• रातिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रातिनी (from √रा/रद्? ‘to give’; ‘giver, bestower’)

• घृताचीम्: ghee-flowing, ghee-streaming
• घृताचीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृताची (घृत + अञ्च्/अच् ‘to go/shine’; ‘with ghee as her course/stream’)

• प्रदक्षिणित्: moving rightward (in circumambulation)
• प्रदक्षिणित्: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (Vedic) / Kṛdanta-like
• Root: प्रदक्षिणित् (प्र- + दक्षिण + -इत्; ‘going/turning to the right’)

• देवतातीम्: the divine procession / company of gods
• देवतातीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवताती (देवता + अति/आति ‘passage/going’; ‘divine course/host’)

• उराणः: eager, impetuous
• उराणः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उराण (from √उर्/√वृ? Vedic epithet ‘eager/impetuous/strong’)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• रातिभिः: with gifts, with bestowals
• रातिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: राति

• वसुभिः: with riches/goods
• वसुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ

• अश्रेत्: has approached / has come to / has resorted to
• अश्रेत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रि (श्रयति) with preverb आ- (आश्रयति)