Mantra 3

Sukta 15

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इध्मेनाग्न इच्छमानो घृतेन जुहोमि हव्यं तरसे बलाय । यावदीशे ब्रह्मणा वन्दमान इमां धियं शतसेयाय देवीम्

IAST Transliteration

idhménāgne icchámāno ghṛténa juhómi havyáṃ tárase bálāya | yā́vad ī́śe bráhmaṇā vándamāna imā́ṃ dhíyaṃ śatá-seyāya devī́m

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With fuel, O Agni, desiring, with ghee I offer oblation for overcoming, for strength. So far as I have mastery, with brahman reverencing, this goddess Thought I invoke for hundredfold winning.

Word by Word

• इध्मेन: with/by fuel (kindling)
• इध्मेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: इध्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• इच्छमानः: desiring, wishing
• इच्छमानः: कर्तृ (यजमान/वक्ता) सह-विशेषण
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु) → इच्छमान (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुहोमि: I offer (into the fire), I pour as oblation
• जुहोमि: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)

• हव्यम्: the oblation, what is to be offered
• हव्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक) [हु-धातु से ‘आहुत्य-योग्य’]

• तरसे: for vigor, for overcoming power
• तरसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• बलाय: for strength
• बलाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)

• यावत्: as far as, so long as
• यावत्: सम्बन्ध/अवधि-निर्देश
• Type: Indeclinable/Relative
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईशे: I am able, I have power
• ईशे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईश् (धातु)

• ब्रह्मणा: by sacred utterance/prayer; by brahman (holy power)
• ब्रह्मणा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वन्दमानः: praising, worshipping
• वन्दमानः: कर्तृ (वक्ता) सह-विशेषण
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: वन्द् (धातु) → वन्दमान (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: कर्म (धियं प्रति विशेषण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धियम्: thought, prayer, inspired insight
• धियम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि (प्रातिपदिक)

• शतसेयाय: for (her) who grants ‘hundredfold abiding’/for long life (hundred years)
• शतसेयाय: सम्प्रदान (देवीम् प्रति विशेषण/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतसेय (प्रातिपदिक) [शत + सेय/शय ‘lying/abiding’; दीर्घायु/शतवर्ष-सम्बन्धि]

• देवीम्: the goddess (divine one)
• देवीम्: कर्म (धियं देवीम्—देवीरूपां धियं)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Agni; and Devī Dhī (personified inspired thought)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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