Rig Veda 9.66.20: Mandala 9, Sukta 66, Mantra 20

Sukta 9.66

Rishi: Traditionally: Soma Pavamāna corpus; specific rishi attribution varies by Anukramaṇī for this hymn (needs project-level authority file).

Devata: Agni (as pavamāna/purifying).

Chandas: Likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short; verify metrically (verse appears shorter than Jagatī).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्निॠषिः पवमानः पाञ्चजन्यः पुरोहितः । तमीमहे महागयम् ॥

Transliteration

agníŕ̥ṣiḥ pávamānaḥ pā́ñcajanyaḥ puróhitaḥ | tám īmahe mahāgáyam ||

Translation

Agni, der Ṛṣi, als Pavamāna sich läuternd im Strom, der Fünfvölkische, als Purohita vorn eingesetzt – ihn, den großen Spender von Heil und Mehrung, suchen wir.

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Word by Word

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषिः: seer, sage
• ऋषिः: कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पवमानः: purifying (as he flows), Pavamāna
• पवमानः: कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: पवमान- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पू/पु (पवते) ‘to purify, to flow’)

• पाञ्चजन्यः: belonging to/for the five tribes (pañca-janāḥ)
• पाञ्चजन्यः: कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाञ्चजन्य- (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + जन्य ‘of the five peoples’)

• पुरोहितः: purohita, household priest (set in front)
• पुरोहितः: कर्तृ (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पुरोहित- (प्रातिपदिक; पुरस् + हित ‘placed in front’)

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we seek/implore, we worship
• ईमहे: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति/यमते) → ईमहे (वेदिक रूप; आत्मनेपदम्)

• महागयम्: of great house/abode; greatly bountiful
• महागयम्: कर्म (तम्-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: महागय- (प्रातिपदिक; महा + गय ‘house/abode, wealth’—वेदिक)