Rig Veda 3.24.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 4

Sukta 3.24

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni (in concord with all Agnis and the Devas)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; confirm by metrical scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्ने विश्वेभिरग्निभिर्देवेभिर्महया गिरः । यज्ञेषु य उ चायवः ॥

Transliteration

agne víśvebhir agníbhir devébhir mahayā́ gíraḥ | yajñéṣu yá u cā́yavaḥ ||

Translation

Ô Agni, avec tous les feux, avec les dieux, magnifie nos paroles inspirées — celles qui, dans les sacrifices, sont rassemblées et fortifiées.

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Word by Word

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka)
• Type: Noun (address)
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वेभिः: with all
• विश्वेभिः: सह/करण (instrumental of accompaniment: ‘with all’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व- (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निभिः: with the fires (Agni-forms)
• अग्निभिः: करण/सह (instrumental: ‘with the fires/Agni-forms’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभिः: with the gods
• देवेभिः: करण/सह (instrumental: ‘with the gods’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक)

• महय: magnify / honor
• महय: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु; ‘to honor, magnify’)

• गिरः: hymns / songs
• गिरः: कर्म (what is to be magnified)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘song, hymn, voice’)

• यज्ञेषु: in the sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: अधिकरण (locative: ‘in/at the sacrifices’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (of implied/elliptic clause: ‘who…’ referring to Agni)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उ: indeed / also
• उ: — (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable particle
• Root: उ (निपात/अव्यय)

• चायवः: the well-disposed/propitious one (epithet)
• चायवः: कर्ता-विशेषण / विधेय (predicate epithet of ‘यः’ = Agni)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: चायव- (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic epithet)