Rig Veda 3.29.8: Mandala 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 8

Sukta 3.29

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional)

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सीद होतः स्व उ लोके चिकित्वान्त्सादया यज्ञं सुकृतस्य योनौ । देवावीर्देवान्हविषा यजास्यग्ने बृहद्यजमाने वयो धाः ॥

Transliteration

sī́da hotaḥ svá u loké cikitvā́nts sā́dayā yajñáṃ sukṛtásya yónau | devāvī́r devā́n havíṣā yajāsy ágne bṛhád yajamāné váyo dhāḥ ||

Translation

Setz dich, o Hotṛ, an deinen eigenen Ort, wissend; setze das Opfer in den Schoß des wohlvollbrachten Werkes. Als Helfer der Götter opfere den Göttern mit der Opfergabe; o Agni, lege in den Opfernden weite Lebenskraft und Gedeihen.

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Word by Word

• सीद: sit down
• सीद: (predicate; addressed to Agni as hotṛ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (√sad)

• होतः: O Hotṛ (priest)
• होतः: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (prātipadika)

• स्वे: in your own
• स्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: स्व (prātipadika)

• उ: indeed/and
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (particle)

• लोके: place, world (seat)
• लोके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (prātipadika)

• चिकित्वान्: knowing, wise
• चिकित्वान्: Kartā (qualifier of the addressed Agni/Hotṛ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिकित्/चित् (from √cit ‘to perceive/know’; prātipadika: चिकित्वस्)

• त्सादय: cause to sit; set/establish
• त्सादय: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (√sad) with causative stem सादय-

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (prātipadika)

• सुकृतस्य: of the well-doer (pious one)
• सुकृतस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (of/for the pious patron; linked with योनौ)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुकृत (prātipadika)

• योनौ: in the womb/source; in the seat
• योनौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (prātipadika)

• देवावीः: O helper of the gods
• देवावीः: Sambodhana (address to Agni)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: देवावी (prātipadika; ‘one who aids the gods’)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (prātipadika)

• हविषा: with oblation
• हविषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (prātipadika)

• यज: worship; sacrifice to
• यज: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (√yaj)

• असि: you are
• असि: (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (√as)

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

• बृहत्: great, lofty
• बृहत्: Karma/viśeṣaṇa (of the act/boon: ‘a great (thing)’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (prātipadika)

• यजमाने: for the sacrificer
• यजमाने: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (for/with respect to the sacrificer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजमान (prātipadika)

• वयः: vital strength; vigor
• वयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (prātipadika)

• धाः: place; bestow
• धाः: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (√dhā)