Rig Veda 3.28.2 — Mandala 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.28

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (family attribution)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; verify by pada count in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुरोळा अग्ने पचतस्तुभ्यं वा घा परिष्कृतः । तं जुषस्व यविष्ठ्य ॥

Transliteration

puroḷā́ agne pacatáḥ túbhyaṃ vā ghā pári-kṛtaḥ | táṃ juṣasva yáviṣṭhya ||

Translation

The sacrificial cakes are being cooked for you, O Agni, and are indeed made ready and perfected. Accept that offering, O youngest (ever-new) power.

Word by Word

• पुरोळाः: the puroḷāś-cakes (sacrificial rice-cakes)
• पुरोळाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोळाश् (प्रातिपदिक) < पुरस् + ओळाश् (यज्ञीय-भक्ष्य)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पचतस्: you two cook / are cooking
• पचतस्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पच् (पचति)

• तुभ्यम्: for you
• तुभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or / indeed
• वा: (समुच्चय/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• घ: indeed, surely
• घ: (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घ (निपात)

• परिष्कृतः: prepared, made ready, duly arranged
• परिष्कृतः: (कर्मणि-विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: परि + √कृ (कृणोति) → परिष्कृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषस्व: enjoy, accept graciously
• जुषस्व: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जुष् (जुषते)

• यविष्ठ्य: O youngest (Agni)
• यविष्ठ्य: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: यविष्ठ्य (अग्नेः विशेषण; प्रातिपदिक, यविष्ठ ‘youngest/most youthful’)