Mantra 8
Sukta 1.18
Rishi: Kāṇva
Devata: Sadasaspati (as organizer of rite; with Hotṛ-function highlighted)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आदृध्नोति हविष्कृतिं प्राञ्चं कृणोत्यध्वरम् । होत्रा देवेषु गच्छति ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
आदृ॑ध्नोति ह॒विष्कृ॑तिं॒ प्राञ्चं॑ कृणोत्यध्व॒रम् । होत्रा॑ दे॒वेषु॑ गच्छति ॥
Transliteration
ā́d ṛ́dhnoti havíṣkṛtiṃ prā́ñcaṃ kṛṇoty adhvarám | hótrā devéṣu gacchati ||
Translation
He perfects the making-ready of the offering; he turns the path of the sacrifice forward; by the power of the Hotṛ he moves among the gods—establishing the right passage between human speech and divine hearing.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
आत् । ऋ॒ध्नो॒ति॒ । ह॒विःऽकृ॑तिम् । प्राञ्च॑म् । कृ॒णो॒ति॒ । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । होत्रा॑ । दे॒वेषु॑ । ग॒च्छ॒ति॒ ॥आत् । ऋध्नोति । हविःकृतिम् । प्राञ्चम् । कृणोति । अध्वरम् । होत्रा । देवेषु । गच्छति ॥āt | ṛdhnoti | haviḥ-kṛtim | prāñcam | kṛṇoti | adhvaram | hotrā | deveṣu | gacchati
Word by Word
आदृध्नोति(he) strengthens / makes firm
आदृध्नोति:
Kriyā (finite verb); kartā implied (e.g., hotā/Agni)
TypeVerb
Root√दृध् (दृंह्/दृढ् ‘to make firm, strengthen’) with ā-
हविष्कृतिम्the preparation/arrangement of the oblation
हविष्कृतिम्:
Karma (object of आदृध्नोति)
TypeNoun
Rootहविष् + कृति (kṛti from √कृ ‘to do/make’) → prātipadika: हविष्कृति-
प्राञ्चम्forward-facing / directed forward
प्राञ्चम्:
Karma (qualifier of अध्वरम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राञ्च् (from प्र + अञ्च् ‘to turn/face’) → prātipadika: प्राञ्च-
कृणोति(he) makes
कृणोति:
Kriyā (finite verb); kartā implied
TypeVerb
Root√कृ ‘to make, do’
अध्वरम्the sacrifice / ritual
अध्वरम्:
Karma (object of कृणोति)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर- (prātipadika; ‘sacrifice/rite’, esp. soma-sacrifice)
होत्राby the Hotṛ-function / with the Hotṛ’s recitation
होत्रा:
Karaṇa (means/instrument: ‘by/through the hotṛ-office/recitation’)
TypeNoun
Rootहोत्रा- (instrumental formation from होतृ- ‘Hotṛ priest’; also ‘hotṛ-function/office’)
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘among the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-
गच्छति(he) goes / proceeds
गच्छति:
Kriyā (finite verb); kartā implied
TypeVerb
Root√गम् ‘to go’