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Rig Veda 7.3.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 3, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.3

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

अग्निं वो देवमग्निभिः सजोषा यजिष्ठं दूतमध्वरे कृणुध्वम् । यो मर्त्येषु निध्रुविॠतावा तपुर्मूर्धा घृतान्नः पावकः ॥

agníṃ vo devám agníbhiḥ sa-jóṣā yájiṣṭhaṃ dūtám adhvaré kṛṇudhvam | yó mártyeṣu ní-dhruvir ṛtá-vā tápur-mūrdhā ghṛtā́nnaḥ pā́vakaḥ ||

Make for yourselves Agni the god, in one accord with the divine Fires, the most worshipful messenger in the sacrifice—he who among mortals is firmly established, the bearer of the Truth-law, with a head of burning force, fed with the luminous essence, the purifier.

अग्निम्Agni (as the object of worship)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / your
वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
देवम्the god, divine
देवम्:
कर्म (अग्निम् का विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निभिःwith the (other) fires / with Agnis
अग्निभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
सजोषाःin concord, together, of one accord
सजोषाः:
कर्तृ (यजमानाः/ऋत्विजः implied) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसजोषस्- (प्रातिपदिक; स- + जोषस् ‘संग/सन्तोष/सहभाव’)
यजिष्ठम्most worthy of worship
यजिष्ठम्:
कर्म (अग्निम् का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयजिष्ठ- (यज् धातु से श्रेष्ठतमे; superlative adj.)
दूतम्messenger
दूतम्:
कर्म (अग्निम् का विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootदूत- (प्रातिपदिक)
अध्वरेin the sacrifice
अध्वरे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर- (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणुध्वम्make (him) / establish (him)
कृणुध्वम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (डु-कृञ्) धातु
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ (सापेक्ष-सम्बन्ध; अग्निः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम)
मर्त्येषुamong mortals
मर्त्येषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य- (प्रातिपदिक)
निध्रुविin the fixed/settled (order), firmly
निध्रुवि:
अधिकरण (मर्त्येषु का विशेषण/उपपद)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिध्रुवि- (प्रातिपदिक; निः/नि- + ध्रुवि ‘स्थिर/ध्रुव’)
ऋतावाpossessing ṛta, truthful/ordered
ऋतावा:
कर्तृ (यः का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतावन्/ऋतावा- (प्रातिपदिक; ऋत ‘cosmic order’)
तपुर्मूर्धाwhose head is ardor/heat
तपुर्मूर्धा:
कर्तृ (यः का विशेषण)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootतपुर्मूर्धन्- (समास; तपुस् ‘heat, ardor’ + मूर्धन् ‘head’)
घृतान्नःhaving ghee as food, ghee-fed
घृतान्नः:
कर्तृ (यः का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघृतान्न- (समास; घृत ‘ghee’ + अन्न ‘food’)
पावकःthe purifier (Agni)
पावकः:
कर्तृ (यः = पावकः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपावक- (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘to purify’ से)

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