Rig Veda 8.74.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.74
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अमृतं जातवेदसं तिरस्तमांसि दर्शतम् । घृताहवनमीड्यम् ॥
Transliteration
amṛ́taṃ jātávedasaṃ tirás tamā́ṃsi darśatám | ghṛtā́havanaṃ ī́ḍyam ||
Translation
Al inmortal Jātavedas, visible más allá de las tinieblas; al que llaman las ofrendas de ghee — adorable, buscado por el anhelo.
Word by Word
अमृतम्the immortal (one); ambrosial
अमृतम्:
कर्म (स्तुत्य/आह्वेय-वस्तु)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक; a- + मृत ‘mṛ’)
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni), ‘knower of births/possessor of knowledge’
जातवेदसम्:
कर्म (स्तुत्य/आह्वेयः—अग्निः)
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; जात- ‘√जन्’ + वेदस् ‘√विद्’)
तिरःacross; beyond; through
तिरः:
अधिकारण (भावे—‘पार्श्वे/अन्तरेण/परे’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस् (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ)
तमांसिdarknesses
तमांसि:
कर्म (अपाकर्तव्य/निवार्य-वस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दर्शतम्visible, splendid, worthy to be seen
दर्शतम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदर्शत (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् ‘to see’ → ‘fit to be seen’)
घृताहवनम्having ghee as the oblation/invocation; ghee-invoked
घृताहवनम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used adjectivally)
Rootघृताहवन (प्रातिपदिक; घृत + आहवन ‘√हू/√ह्वा’ ‘invocation/oblation-call’)
ईड्यम्praiseworthy, to be invoked/praised
ईड्यम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective (verbal adjective)
Rootईड्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ईड्/√ईळ् ‘to praise’ → ‘to be praised’)
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