Rig Veda 1.142.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 142, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.142

Rishi: Dīrghatamas Āucathya (attribution commonly given for RV 1.142 in Anukramaṇī tradition)

Devata: Tanūnapāt (Agni as the inborn fire); verse functions as an invocation within the sacrificial sequence

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable cadence typical for invocatory and ritual-progress verses)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

घृतवन्तमुप मासि मधुमन्तं तनूनपात् । यज्ञं विप्रस्य मावतः शशमानस्य दाशुषः ॥

Transliteration

ghṛtávantam úpa māsi mádhumantaṃ tanū-napāt | yajñáṃ víprasya mā́vataḥ śaśamā́nasyá dā́śuṣaḥ ||

Translation

Wahai Tanūnapāt, mendekatlah kepada persembahan ini yang kaya akan ghee (ghṛta) dan penuh kemanisan (madhu). Teguhkan dan angkatlah yajña sang ṛṣi yang tercerahkan—si pemberi yang menenangkan diri dalam penguasaan batin—agar pemberian itu menjadi daya yang mantap di dalam diri kami.

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Word by Word

• घृतवन्तम्: buttery, ghee-bearing
• घृतवन्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत-वत् (प्रातिपदिक; वत्-प्रत्यय) ← घृत

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मासि: measure out / mete out (imperative)
• मासि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु) + सि (लोट् मध्यमपुरुष-एकवचन)

• मधुमन्तम्: honeyed, sweet, rich in mead
• मधुमन्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु-मत् (प्रातिपदिक; मत्-प्रत्यय) ← मधु

• तनूनपात्: O Tanūnapāt (Agni as ‘offspring of himself/embodied’)
• तनूनपात्: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: तनू-नपात् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice, rite
• यज्ञम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) ← √यज्

• विप्रस्य: of the inspired poet/priest
• विप्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मावतः: of the bountiful/possessing abundance (lit. ‘having measure’)
• मावतः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मावत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत्) ← मा (मापन/परिमाण ‘measure’)

• शशमानस्य: of the praising one / of him who is chanting
• शशमानस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Participle
• Root: शशमान (कृदन्त; परिप्रसिद्ध ‘शशमान’ = √शंस्/√शम्?; RV में ‘शशमान’ ‘स्तुवन्/प्रशंसन्’ अर्थे)

• दाशुषः: of the giver, worshipper (the one who offers)
• दाशुषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun/Participle
• Root: दाशुष् (कृदन्त; √दा ‘to give’ का परिपूर्ण/परिणत-स्तेम ‘दाश्वस्/दाशुष्’ ‘दाता’)