Rig Veda 7.14.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 14, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.14

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; 3 pādas feel, but verse is in RV style—meter tagging here remains probabilistic)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

समिधा जातवेदसे देवाय देवहूतिभिः । हविर्भिः शुक्रशोचिषे नमस्विनो वयं दाशेमाग्नये ॥

Transliteration

sam-ídhā jā́ta-vedase devā́ya deva-hū́tibhiḥ | havír-bhiḥ śukrá-śociṣe namasvíno vayáṃ dāśemā́gnaye ||

Translation

Con la samidhā, la leña de encendido, servimos a Jātavedas, el divino, con los llamamientos que convocan a los dioses; con nuestras ofrendas, al de llama resplandeciente. Nosotros, llenos de reverencia, queremos hacer nuestro don a Agni.

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Word by Word

• समिधा: with kindling-stick / with fuel
• समिधा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिध् (प्रातिपदिक: समिध्/समिधा)

• जातवेदसे: to Jātavedas (Agni), the all-knowing
• जातवेदसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवाय: to the god
• देवाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवहूतिभिः: with invocations that call the gods
• देवहूतिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवहूति (प्रातिपदिक; देव + हूति)

• हविर्भिः: with oblations
• हविर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुक्रशोचिषे: to (him) of bright/flashing flame
• शुक्रशोचिषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: शुक्रशोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक; शुक्र + शोचिस्)

• नमस्विनः: we, the reverent (worshippers)
• नमस्विनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: नमस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दाशेम: may we offer / may we render worship
• दाशेम: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दाश् (धातु; ‘to offer, worship, give’)

• अग्नये: to Agni
• अग्नये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)