Mantra 4
Rishi: Traditionally connected with Ṛgvedic Agni-hymn seers (Bharadvāja/Bhṛgu lineages are often implicated in adjacent verses); in VS usage, transmitted as Vājasaneyin liturgical material.
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (hymnic cadence; pada-length suggests triṣṭubh-type)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यु॒क्ष्वा हि दे॑व॒हूत॑माँ॒२ अश्वाँ॑२ अग्ने र॒थीरि॑व । नि होता॑ पू॒र्व्यः स॑दः
Transliteration
yúkṣvā hí devahūtámā̃ aśvā̃ agne rathī́r iva | ní hotā́ pū́rvyaḥ sádaḥ
Translation
Schirre an, o Agni, die Rosse – du, der von den Göttern am meisten Angerufene – wie ein Wagenlenker; und setze dich, uralter Hotṛ, auf den Sitz (des Opfers).
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
युक्ष्व । हि । देव-हूतमान् । अश्वान् । अग्ने । रथीः-इव । नि । होता । पूर्व्यः । सदः
Word by Word
युक्ष्वyoke (you)!
युक्ष्व:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (धातु)
हिindeed / for
हि:
(सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
देवहूतमान्most invoked by the gods
देवहूतमान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवहूतम (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
अश्वान्horses
अश्वान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
रथीःthe charioteer
रथीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरथिन्/रथी (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
(उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (उपमा-अव्यय)
निdown; into position
नि:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्व्यःancient; primeval
पूर्व्यः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सदःthe (ritual) session/seat; the Sadas
सदः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Entities Mentioned
A
AgniRitual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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