Rig Veda 8.103.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 103, Mantra 12
Sukta 8.103
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा नो हृणीतामतिथिर्वसुरग्निः पुरुप्रशस्त एषः । यः सुहोता स्वध्वरः ॥
Transliteration
mā́ no hṛṇītām átithir vásur agníḥ puru-praśastá eṣáḥ | yáḥ su-hótā sva-dhvaráḥ ||
Translation
Que no sea ofendido nuestro huésped — Agni, bueno y rico, éste tan alabado—, él, el noble Hotṛ, señor de la svadhvara, el sendero del sacrificio bien ordenado.
Word by Word
माdo not / let not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / मा (अव्यय)
नःus / our
नः:
Sampradāna (contextual: ‘to us’) / सम्बन्ध (gen.)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
हृणीताम्let (him/it) not be offended / let (him) not be angry
हृणीताम्:
Kriyā (predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootहृ (हृणीते) ‘to be angry, to be offended; to be hostile’
अतिथिःthe guest
अतिथिः:
Kartā (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअतिथि- (प्रातिपदिक) < a- + तिथि (one without a fixed day)
वसुःthe good one / beneficent
वसुः:
Kartā (apposition to अतिथिः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवसु- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘good, beneficent; wealth’
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुप्रशस्तःmuch-praised
पुरुप्रशस्तः:
Kartā (qualifier of अग्निः)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु- + प्रशस्त- (ppp of √शंस ‘to praise’)
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Kartā (deictic, referring to Agni)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (relative clause subject)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
सुहोताthe good Hotṛ / good invoker-priest
सुहोता:
Kartā (predicate-nominative of यः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु- + होतृ- (agent noun from √हु ‘to sacrifice, offer’)
स्वध्वरःof good sacrifice / with good ritual course
स्वध्वरः:
Kartā (qualifier of यः/अग्निः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + अध्वर- (ritual, sacrifice) → स्वध्वर- ‘having good rite’
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