Rig Veda 8.19.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 19, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.19
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यः समिधा य आहुती यो वेदेन ददाश मर्तो अग्नये । यो नमसा स्वध्वरः ॥
Transliteration
yáḥ samídhā yá ā́hutī yó védena dadā́śa márto agnáye | yó námasā svadhvaráḥ ||
Translation
Quien, mortal, sirve a Agni con el encendido (samidhā́), con la ofrenda (āhutī́), con el saber (veda), y quien da con reverencia (namasā́)— aquel cuyo sacrificio (adhvará) es de sí regido y recto— entra en la justa protección del Fuego interior.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः ‘यः … सः’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समिधाwith kindling/fuel-stick
समिधा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमिध्- (प्रातिपदिक; √इध् ‘दीप्तौ’ से) अथवा सम्+√इध्
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आहुत्याwith an oblation
आहुत्या:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआहुति- (प्रातिपदिक; आ+√हु ‘होम/आह्वान’ से)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वेदेनwith (sacred) knowledge / by the Veda
वेदेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवेद- (प्रातिपदिक; √विद् ‘ज्ञाने’ से; ‘वेद’ = sacred knowledge)
ददाशhas given / has offered
ददाश:
Kriyā (मुख्य-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा/√दाश् (Vedic: ‘to give, to offer’; reduplicated perfect)
मर्तःa mortal
मर्तः:
Kartā (ददाश इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त- (प्रातिपदिक; √मृ ‘मरणे’ से)
अग्नयेto Agni
अग्नये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नमसाwith reverence / by homage
नमसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्- (प्रातिपदिक; √नम् ‘नमने’ से)
स्वध्वरःthe one of good sacrifice / good performer of the rite
स्वध्वरः:
Kartā (अध्याहृत-क्रियायाः/स्तुत्यर्थे; ‘यः … (अस्ति)’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootस्वध्वर- (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + ध्वर/अध्वर ‘यज्ञ’), ‘well-ritualled’
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