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Mantra 7

Sukta 1.45

Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ and ṛtvij)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable; verify)

नि त्वा होतारमृत्विजं दधिरे वसुवित्तमम् । श्रुत्कर्णं सप्रथस्तमं विप्रा अग्ने दिविष्टिषु ॥

नि त्वा॒ होता॑रमृ॒त्विजं॑ दधि॒रे व॑सु॒वित्त॑मम् । श्रुत्क॑र्णं स॒प्रथ॑स्तमं॒ विप्रा॑ अग्ने॒ दिवि॑ष्टिषु ॥

ní tvā hotā́ram ṛtv́ijaṃ dadhiré vasuvíttamam | śrútkarṇaṃ sapráthastamaṃ víprā agne divíṣṭiṣu ||

The seers have set you in place as the Hotṛ, the priest of the right season—most finder of true riches. O Agni, wide in your expansion and with ear that truly hears, you are established in the divine strivings of the soul.

नि । त्वा॒ । होता॑रम् । ऋ॒त्विज॑म् । द॒धि॒रे । व॒सु॒वित्ऽत॑मम् । श्रुत्ऽक॑र्णम् । स॒प्रथः॑ऽतमम् । विप्राः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । दिवि॑ष्टिषु ॥नि । त्वा । होतारम् । ऋत्विजम् । दधिरे । वसुवित्तमम् । श्रुत्कर्णम् । सप्रथःतमम् । विप्राः । अग्ने । दिविष्टिषु ॥ni | tvā | hotāram | ṛtvijam | dadhire | vasuvit-tamam | śrut-karṇam | saprathaḥ-tamam | viprāḥ | agne | diviṣṭiṣu

निdown; in; forth (as preverb)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga) / ni (avyaya)
त्वाyou (thee)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (asmad/yusmad-pronoun stem)
होतारम्the Hotṛ-priest; invoker
होतारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (from √हु ‘to sacrifice, invoke’)
ऋत्विजम्the Ṛtvij (ritual priest); officiant
ऋत्विजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootऋत्विज् (ṛtu+√यज् ‘to worship’ > ‘seasonal sacrificer’)
दधिरेthey have placed; they have set
दधिरे:
TypeVerb
Root√धा (धारणे/स्थापने) with reduplication (perfect)
वसुवित्तमम्most wealth-winning; best giver/finder of riches
वसुवित्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवसुवित्तम (वसु-वित्तम; superlative of ‘wealth-finding/wealth-winning’)
श्रुत्कर्णम्keen-eared; having attentive ears
श्रुत्कर्णम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रुत्कर्ण (श्रुत्+कर्ण ‘having-hearing ears’)
सप्रथस्तमम्most far-spreading; most widely renowned
सप्रथस्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस-प्रथस्-तम (from प्रथस् ‘breadth, expansion, wide fame’ + superlative -तम)
विप्राःthe seers; inspired poets
विप्राः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (from √विप्/√वेप् ‘to tremble, be inspired’ > ‘inspired sage’)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि
दिविष्टिषुin the heavenly rites; in the divine contests/ceremonies
दिविष्टिषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदिविष्टि (divi-ṣṭi ‘heavenly rite/contest’; RV noun)