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Mantra 1

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋतस्य यज्ञः। समिद्धो अद्य मनुषो दुरोणे देवो देवान् यजसि जातवेदः । आ च वह मित्रमहश्चिकित्वान्त्वं दूतः कविरसि प्रचेताः

IAST Transliteration

ṛtásya yajñáḥ | samíddho adyá mánuṣo duróṇe devó devā́n yájasi jātávedaḥ | ā́ ca váha mítram ahaścikítvān tváṃ dūtó kavír ási prá cetā́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The sacrifice is of ṛta. Kindled to-day in the house of man, thou, O Jātavedas, the God, dost worship the Gods. Hither, too, bear Mitra, thou who knowest the days: thou art messenger, seer, of forethought.

Word by Word
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञःthe sacrifice
यज्ञः:
Kartā (nominal subject) / विषय
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
समिद्धःkindled, well-lit
समिद्धः:
विशेषण (of देवः/यज्ञः by sense: ‘kindled’)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसम्-इध् (धातु) → समिद्ध (कृदन्त)
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
मनुषःof Manu (the ancestral man)
मनुषः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of Manu’)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
दुरोणेin the house/dwelling
दुरोणे:
Adhikaraṇa (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootदुरोण (प्रातिपदिक)
देवःthe god (Agni)
देवः:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma (object)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
यजसिyou worship/sacrifice to
यजसि:
क्रिया (with implied subject ‘त्वम्’)
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni, knower of births)
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन (vocative address)
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्निनाम)
आhither, towards (us)
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (directional particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
वहcarry/bring (hither)
वह:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु)
मित्रम्Mitra
मित्रम्:
Karma (object of ‘वह’)
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
महःgreatness; the Great One (often Varuṇa/mahas as ‘great power’)
महः:
Karma (co-object with मित्रम्)
TypeNoun
Rootमहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चिकित्वान्wise, discerning
चिकित्वान्:
विशेषण (of त्वम्/दूतः/कविः)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootचित्/चिकित् (धातु) → चिकित्वस्/चिकित्वान् (कृदन्त)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā (explicit subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दूतःmessenger
दूतः:
Kartā/विशेष्य (predicate nominative of ‘त्वम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
कविःseer, poet
कविः:
Kartā/विशेष्य (predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
क्रिया (copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
प्रचेताःforeknowing, wise, intelligent
प्रचेताः:
विशेषण/विधेय (predicate nominative of ‘त्वम्’)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootप्र-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution

Rishi: Not specified in the input (Agni hymn in Atharvanic collection)

Devata: Agni Jātavedas (with Mitra invited)

Chandas: Mixed; opening is a nominal sentence, followed by likely Triṣṭubh (requires metrical verification)

Mantra Rasa

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