Mantra 6
Sukta 1.74
Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional; verify against your Anukramaṇī source)
Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ and Devayāna carrier)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; confirm metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ च वहासि ताँ इह देवाँ उप प्रशस्तये । हव्या सुश्चन्द्र वीतये ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
आ च॒ वहा॑सि॒ ताँ इ॒ह दे॒वाँ उप॒ प्रश॑स्तये । ह॒व्या सु॑श्चन्द्र वी॒तये॑ ॥
Transliteration
ā́ ca vahāsi tā́m̐ iha devā́m̐ úpa práśastaye | havyā́ su-candra vītáye ||
Translation
And thou bringest them here—the gods—near for the perfect praise, O fair-radiant one, for the joyful acceptance of the offerings.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
आ । च॒ । वहा॑सि । तान् । इ॒ह । दे॒वान् । उप॑ । प्रऽश॑स्तये । ह॒व्या । सु॒ऽच॒न्द्र॒ । वी॒तये॑ ॥आ । च । वहासि । तान् । इह । देवान् । उप । प्रशस्तये । हव्या । सुचन्द्र । वीतये ॥ā | ca | vahāsi | tān | iha | devān | upa | pra-śastaye | havyā | su-candra | vītaye
Word by Word
आhither, towards (preverb ‘to/near’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात) / ca
वहासिyou convey/bring
वहासि:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति) / vah ‘to carry, convey, bring’
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / tad
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय) / iha
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) / deva
उपnear, up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / upa
प्रशस्तयेfor praise (for the act of laudation)
प्रशस्तये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootप्रशस्ति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) / praśasti ‘praise, laudation’
हव्याoblations (offerings)
हव्या:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक) / havya ‘oblation, that which is to be offered’
सुश्चन्द्रO bright/shining one
सुश्चन्द्र:
—
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootसु- + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / suścandra ‘very bright, fair-shining’
वीतयेfor the (ritual) enjoyment/feast (participation)
वीतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवीति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) / vīti ‘enjoyment, feast; (ritual) reception/participation’