Rig Veda 8.19.27: Mandala 8, Sukta 19, Mantra 27
Sukta 8.19
Devata: Agni/All Gods (the verse directs havis to devāḥ; Agni implied as conveyor)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पितुर्न पुत्रः सुभृतो दुरोण आ देवाँ एतु प्र णो हविः ॥
Transliteration
pitúr ná putráḥ subhṛ́to duroṇá ā́ devā́ṃ etu prá no havíḥ ||
Translation
Wie ein Sohn beim Vater, im Haus wohl getragen, so gehe unsere Opfergabe hinaus zu den Göttern.
Word by Word
पितुःof the father
पितुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *ph₂tḗr
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
पुत्रःa son
पुत्रः:
कर्तृ (of implied/understood verb ‘(is)’)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सुभृतःwell-supported / well-nourished
सुभृतः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + √भृ (भरणे) → भृत (कृदन्त, PPP)
दुरोणेin the house, in the dwelling
दुरोणे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदुरोण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘house, dwelling’
आhither, towards (us)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
कर्म (object of एतु)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
एतुlet (him/it) come
एतु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√इ (गत्यर्थे)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
नःfor us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (contextual: ‘for us/our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
हविःthe oblation, offering
हविः:
कर्तृ (of एतु: ‘let the oblation come/approach’)
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘oblation’
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