Rig Veda 5.28.5: Mandala 5, Sukta 28, Mantra 5
Sukta 5.28
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समिद्धो अग्न आहुत देवान्यक्षि स्वध्वर । त्वं हि हव्यवाळसि ॥
Transliteration
sámiddho agna ā́huta devā́ny ákṣi svadhvara | tváṃ hí havya-vā́ḷ asi ||
Translation
Ô Agni, allumé et honoré par l’offrande, sacrifie aux dieux sur la voie bien ordonnée du sacrifice; car tu es en vérité le Havyavāh, le porteur qui conduit l’oblation vers les puissances divines.
Word by Word
समिद्धःkindled, well-lit
समिद्धः:
Kartā (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-इध् (धातु) → समिद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
आहुतinvoked, offered-to (by oblation)
आहुत:
Kartā (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-हु (धातु) → आहुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
यक्षिworship / sacrifice to / convey (them)
यक्षि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु; वैदिक प्रयोगे ‘यक्षि’)
स्वध्वरO good-ritual / of good sacrifice
स्वध्वर:
सम्बोधन (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
हव्यवाट्carrier/conveyor of oblations
हव्यवाट्:
Kartā-समानााधिकरण (त्वम् … असि)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहव्य + वाट् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
असिare
असि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
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