Mantra 4
Sukta 3.24
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Agni (in concord with all Agnis and the Devas)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; confirm by metrical scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने विश्वेभिरग्निभिर्देवेभिर्महया गिरः । यज्ञेषु य उ चायवः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
अग्ने॒ विश्वे॑भिर॒ग्निभि॑र्दे॒वेभि॑र्महया॒ गिर॑: । य॒ज्ञेषु॒ य उ॑ चा॒यव॑: ॥
Transliteration
agne víśvebhir agníbhir devébhir mahayā́ gíraḥ | yajñéṣu yá u cā́yavaḥ ||
Translation
O Agni, with all the fires, with the gods, magnify our words of inspiration—those that are gathered and strengthened in the sacrifices.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अग्ने॑ । विश्वे॑भिः । अ॒ग्निऽभिः॑ । दे॒वेभिः॑ । म॒ह॒य॒ । गिरः॑ । य॒ज्ञेषु॑ । ये । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । चा॒यवः॑ ॥अग्ने । विश्वेभिः । अग्निभिः । देवेभिः । महय । गिरः । यज्ञेषु । ये । ऊँ इति । चायवः ॥agne | viśvebhiḥ | agni-bhiḥ | devebhiḥ | mahaya | giraḥ | yajñeṣu | ye | oṃ iti | cāyavaḥ
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka)
TypeNoun (address)
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वेभिःwith all
विश्वेभिः:
सह/करण (instrumental of accompaniment: ‘with all’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व- (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निभिःwith the fires (Agni-forms)
अग्निभिः:
करण/सह (instrumental: ‘with the fires/Agni-forms’)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेभिःwith the gods
देवेभिः:
करण/सह (instrumental: ‘with the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
महयmagnify / honor
महय:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootमह् (धातु; ‘to honor, magnify’)
गिरःhymns / songs
गिरः:
कर्म (what is to be magnified)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘song, hymn, voice’)
यज्ञेषुin the sacrifices
यज्ञेषु:
अधिकरण (locative: ‘in/at the sacrifices’)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता (of implied/elliptic clause: ‘who…’ referring to Agni)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed / also
उ:
— (particle)
TypeIndeclinable particle
Rootउ (निपात/अव्यय)
चायवःthe well-disposed/propitious one (epithet)
चायवः:
कर्ता-विशेषण / विधेय (predicate epithet of ‘यः’ = Agni)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootचायव- (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic epithet)