Rig Veda 3.27.1: Mandala 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 1

Sukta 3.27

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni (as the one who leads offerings to the gods; verse frames ascent of offerings/forces)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (shorter tri-pāda style; this verse is compact and gāyatrī-like in feel—exact metrical counting may vary by recension)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वो वाजा अभिद्यवो हविष्मन्तो घृताच्या । देवाञ्जिगाति सुम्नयुः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.27.1

Transliteration

prá vo vā́jā abhidyávo havíṣmanto ghṛtā́cyā | devā́ñ jigāti sumnayúḥ ||

Translation

तुम्हारी ताकत आगे बढ़ रही है, ऊपर की तरफ, जैसे यज्ञ में सामान लेकर जा रहे हो। घी की रोशनी के साथ चल रहे हो, और भगवान तक पहुँच रहे हो, उनकी कृपा माँग के।

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वः: for you / of you (pl.)
• वः: Sampradāna (recipient/for you)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• वाजाः: prizes, strengths, bounties
• वाजाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभिद्यवः: heaven-ward / shining forth / directed upward
• अभिद्यवः: Kartā (as qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-द्यु (प्रातिपदिक; from √द्यु ‘to shine’ with अभि)

• हविष्मन्तः: possessing oblation, rich in offerings
• हविष्मन्तः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हविष्मन्त् (from हविस् ‘oblation’ + -मन्त्)

• घृताच्याः: ghee-flowing, anointed with ghee
• घृताच्याः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृताच्य (प्रातिपदिक; घृत ‘ghee’ + अच्य/अञ्च् ‘to move/flow’ > ‘ghee-flowing’)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिगाति: goes, reaches
• जिगाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (गच्छ्) with reduplication (जि-गम्)

• सुम्नयुः: the favor-seeker / one seeking grace
• सुम्नयुः: Kartā (subject of जिगाति)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुम्नयु (प्रातिपदिक; सुम्न ‘favor, grace’ + यु ‘seeking/desiring’)