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Mantra 3

Sukta 10.176

Rishi: Same sukta context (10.176).
Devata: Agni/Hotṛ-function (the divine priestly power), with chariot imagery.
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (verify per edition).

अयमु ष्य प्र देवयुर्होता यज्ञाय नीयते । रथो न योरभीवृतो घृणीवाञ्चेतति त्मना ॥

अ॒यमु॒ ष्य प्र दे॑व॒युर्होता॑ य॒ज्ञाय॑ नीयते । रथो॒ न योर॒भीवृ॑तो॒ घृणी॑वाञ्चेतति॒ त्मना॑ ॥

ayám u ṣyá prá devayúr hótā yajñā́ya nīyate | rátho ná yór abhīvṛ́to ghṛṇī́-vāñ cetati tmánā ||

This one indeed—the god-seeking Hotṛ—is led forward for the sacrifice. Like a chariot well-enclosed in its course, radiant with ardour, he moves by his own inner self-awareness, guiding the rite as a conscious power.

अ॒यम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । स्यः । प्र । दे॒व॒ऽयुः । होता॑ । य॒ज्ञाय॑ । नी॒य॒ते॒ । रथः॑ । न । योः । अ॒भिऽवृ॑तः । घृणि॑ऽवान् । चे॒त॒ति॒ । त्मना॑ ॥अयम् । ऊँ इति । स्यः । प्र । देवयुः । होता । यज्ञाय । नीयते । रथः । न । योः । अभिवृतः । घृणिवान् । चेतति । त्मना ॥ayam | oṃ iti | syaḥ | pra | deva-yuḥ | hotā | yajñāya | nīyate | rathaḥ | na | yoḥ | abhi-vṛtaḥ | ghṛṇi-vān | cetati | tmanā

अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
indeed / surely
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (nipāta)
ष्यjust / now / verily
ष्य:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootष्य (nipāta; Vedic particle)
प्रforth / forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
देवयुःgod-seeking; devoted to the gods
देवयुः:
Kartā (apposition to अयम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदेवयु (prātipadika; from देव + यु ‘seeking/longing’)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
होता:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (prātipadika; agent noun from √हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’)
यज्ञायfor the sacrifice
यज्ञाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (prātipadika)
नीयतेis led / is conducted
नीयते:
TypeVerb
Root√नी (नयति) with passive formation; with preverb implied by context (प्र-)
रथःa chariot
रथः:
Kartā (of implied comparison-clause)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (prātipadika)
like / as
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (upamā-nipāta)
योर्of/in which two (i.e., between the two)
योर्:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘in/at which two’) / or Sambandha (genitive sense: ‘of which two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयोर् = योर् (gen./loc. dual of relative pronoun य-)
अभीवृतःenclosed / surrounded
अभीवृतः:
Kartā (qualifier of the subject, esp. रथः / or the priest)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootअभि-√वृ (to cover/enclose) → क्त (past passive participle) ‘अभीवृत’
घृणीवान्glowing; ardent; radiant
घृणीवान्:
Kartā (qualifier of the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootघृणीवत् (prātipadika; possessive in -वत् from घृणी ‘heat, glow, ardor’)
चेततिmoves/acts; becomes manifest
चेतति:
TypeVerb
Root√चित् (चेतति ‘perceives/appears/comes to notice’; Vedic usage also ‘moves/acts with awareness’)
त्मनाby himself; with his own self (of himself)
त्मना:
Karaṇa (instrumental: ‘by/with himself; of his own accord’)
TypeNoun (instrumental of manner)
Rootत्मन् (prātipadika; Vedic for आत्मन् ‘self’)