Rig Veda 8.23.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 23, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.23
Devata: Agni (as Angiras-tama, Hotṛ)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अच्छा नो अङ्गिरस्तमं यज्ञासो यन्तु संयतः । होता यो अस्ति विक्ष्वा यशस्तमः ॥
Transliteration
ácchā no aṅgíras-tamaṃ yajñā́sō yantu saṃ-yátāḥ | hótā yó ásti vikṣv ā́ yaśás-tamaḥ ||
Translation
Mögen unsere Opfer, wohl gesammelt und in Zucht geführt, zum angirasischsten gelangen – zum priesterlichen Feuer. Er ist der Hotṛ unter den Sippen, der ruhmreichste; möge er in unsere vielen Lebensfelder kommen und sie in rechte Ordnung führen.
Word by Word
अच्छाhither, towards
अच्छा:
Adhikaraṇa (गत्यर्थे—‘कीदृशं/क्व’ इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअञ्च् (गत्यर्थ) / अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोग (अच्छा < अञ्चा)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (अस्मभ्यं—to us) / सम्बन्ध (our)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अङ्गिरस्तमम्the most Angiras-like; best of the Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरस्तमम्:
Karma (यन्तु—whom they should come to)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप्
यज्ञासःthe sacrifices / sacrificial rites
यज्ञासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
यन्तुlet (them) go/come
यन्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (गत्यर्थ धातु)
संयतःrestrained, well-controlled
संयतः:
Kartā (यज्ञासः—as qualified agents)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसम् + यम् (नियमन/संयमन) → संयत (कृदन्त)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest
होता:
Kartā (यो अस्ति—who is)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to sacrifice’ से)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (अस्ति—subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (सत्तायाम्)
विक्षुamong the clans / in the settlements
विक्षु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविś् (जन/प्रजा) → विक्ष् (स्त्री/पुं; ‘clans, settlements’)
आunto, towards
आ:
(गत्यर्थ-सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यशस्तमःmost glorious / most renowned
यशस्तमः:
Kartā (होता—subject as qualified)
TypeAdjective
Rootयशस् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप्
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