Mantra 6
Sukta 5.28
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ जुहोता दुवस्यताग्निं प्रयत्यध्वरे । वृणीध्वं हव्यवाहनम् ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
आ जु॑होता दुव॒स्यता॒ग्निं प्र॑य॒त्य॑ध्व॒रे । वृ॒णी॒ध्वं ह॑व्य॒वाह॑नम् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ juhotā duvasyatā́gníṃ prayaty adhvaré | vṛṇīdhváṃ havya-vā́hanam ||
Translation
Come, offer; serve with devotion Agni in the forward-moving sacrifice. Choose him—the bearer who carries the oblation—for he leads the offering to its divine fulfilment.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
आ । जु॒हो॒त॒ । दु॒व॒स्यत । अ॒ग्निम् । प्र॒ऽय॒ति । अ॒ध्व॒रे । वृ॒णी॒ध्वम् । ह॒व्य॒ऽवाह॑नम् ॥आ । जुहोत । दुवस्यत । अग्निम् । प्रयति । अध्वरे । वृणीध्वम् । हव्यवाहनम् ॥ā | juhota | duvasyata | agnim | pra-yati | adhvare | vṛṇīdhvam | havya-vāhanam
Word by Word
आhither; forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
जुहोतoffer; pour (oblations)
जुहोत:
(with implied) Kartā: ‘you (priests)’
TypeVerb
Rootहु (जुहोति) ‘to sacrifice, offer’
दुवस्यतworship; serve
दुवस्यत:
Kartā: ‘you’
TypeVerb
Rootदुवस् (noun ‘service, worship’) → denominative verb दुवस्यति ‘to serve/worship’
अग्निम्Agni (the Fire-god)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
प्रयत्यbeing intent; actively
प्रयत्य:
Kartā (qualifier of the agent) / adverbial to the action
TypeParticiple
Rootप्र + यत् (यतते/यच्छति) ‘to strive, be active/intent’ → kṛdanta
अध्वरेin the sacrifice; at the rite
अध्वरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (prātipadika) ‘sacrifice, rite’
वृणीध्वम्choose; select
वृणीध्वम्:
Kartā: ‘you’
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणोति/वृणीते) ‘to choose’
हव्यवाहनम्the oblation-carrier (Agni)
हव्यवाहनम्:
Karma (appositional to ‘Agni’)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootहव्य-वाहन (compound: हव्य ‘oblation’ + वाहन ‘carrier’, from √वह ‘to carry’)