Rig Veda 8.44.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 44, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.44
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मन्द्रं होतारमृत्विजं चित्रभानुं विभावसुम् । अग्निमीळे स उ श्रवत् ॥
Transliteration
mandráṁ hótāram ṛtvíjaṁ citrábhānuṁ vibhā́vasum | agním īḷe sá u śravat ||
Translation
Agni preise ich: den freudenspendenden Hotar, den ṛtvij, den Kenner der Zeiten; den Vielstrahligen, weithin Leuchtenden. Er möge wahrlich hören und unserem Ruf antworten.
Word by Word
मन्द्रम्gladdening, pleasant (one)
मन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
होतारम्the Hotṛ-priest, invoker
होतारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ- (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘यजने/होमे’)
ऋत्विजम्the officiating priest (at the proper season)
ऋत्विजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋत्विज्- (प्रातिपदिक; ऋतु + यज्/इज्)
चित्रभानुम्of bright/variegated radiance
चित्रभानुम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्रभानु- (प्रातिपदिक; चित्र + भानु)
विभावसुम्all-shining, widely radiant
विभावसुम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविभावसु- (प्रातिपदिक; वि + भा + वसु)
अग्निम्Agni (fire-god)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
ईळेI praise, I invoke
ईळे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ईळ्/ईड् (स्तुतौ/प्रार्थनायाम्; वैदिक)
सःhe (that one = Agni)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed, surely
उ:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात/अव्यय)
श्रवत्may he hear (us), let him listen
श्रवत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे)
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