Rig Veda 3.27.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.27

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely; compact praise structure)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ईळे अग्निं विपश्चितं गिरा यज्ञस्य साधनम् । श्रुष्टीवानं धितावानम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.27.2

Transliteration

ī́ḷe agníṁ vipaścítaṁ girā́ yajñásya sā́dhanam | śruṣṭī́vānaṁ dhitā́vānam ||

Translation

I adore Agni, the clear-seeing one, with the word—he who accomplishes the sacrifice. He is rich in obedient hearing and firm in the founded thought.

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Word by Word

• ईळे: I praise / I invoke
• ईळे: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईळ्/√ईड् (स्तुतौ ‘to praise, invoke’)

• अग्निम्: Agni (the Fire-god)
• अग्निम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक) अव्युत्पन्न/प्राचीन नाम

• विपश्चितम्: wise, discerning
• विपश्चितम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-पश्चित् (प्रातिपदिक; वि + √पश् ‘to see’ → ‘clear-seeing, wise’)

• गिरा: with a hymn / by (my) song
• गिरा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्- (स्त्री; ‘voice, hymn, song’)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक; √यज् ‘to worship, sacrifice’)

• साधनम्: accomplisher / means of accomplishment
• साधनम्: कर्म (विशेषण/उपपद-भावः)
• Type: Noun (also adjectival in sense)
• Root: साधन- (नपुं; √साध् ‘to accomplish, bring about’)

• श्रुष्टीवानम्: attentive, obedient (to prayer)
• श्रुष्टीवानम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुष्टीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘obedient, attentive’; Vedic formation, from √श्रु ‘to hear’ with desiderative/attentive nuance)

• धितावानम्: well-established / well-disposed
• धितावानम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धितावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-set/placed, well-disposed’; from √धा ‘to place, set’ → धित ‘set, established’ + -वत्)