Rig Veda 3.21.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 2

Sukta 3.21

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina

Devata: Agni (Pāvaka)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like / mixed (probable; shorter pādas suggest a different meter than full Triṣṭubh; not fully scanned)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

घृतवन्तः पावक ते स्तोकाः श्चोतन्ति मेदसः । स्वधर्मन्देववीतये श्रेष्ठं नो धेहि वार्यम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.21.2

Transliteration

ghṛtávantaḥ pāvaka te stokā́ḥ ścotanti médasaḥ | svádharman devávītaye śréṣṭhaṃ no dhehi vā́ryam ||

Translation

Wahai Pāvaka (Penyuci), tetes-tetesmu yang berghṛta meneteskan medas (inti-sari) yang pekat. Wahai engkau yang ber-svadharma, demi devavīti (penyambutan para dewa), tegakkanlah dalam diri kami yang terbaik—kelimpahan yang layak didambakan.

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• घृतवन्तः: having ghee; ghee-rich
• घृतवन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृतवत् (प्रातिपदिक) < घृत + -वत्

• पावक: O Purifier (Agni)
• पावक: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक) < √पू (पवते) ‘to purify’

• ते: of you; your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोकाः: drops
• स्तोकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्चोतन्ति: drip; trickle
• श्चोतन्ति: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √च्युत्/√च्यव् (Vedic: ‘to drip, to trickle’) → चोतति

• मेदसः: of fat; of richness
• मेदसः: Apādāna (source) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वधर्मन्: O one of own law/rite; O true-to-rite
• स्वधर्मन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्वधर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) < स्व + धर्मन्

• देववीतये: for the gods’ enjoyment/invitation
• देववीतये: Sampradāna (purpose/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देववीति (प्रातिपदिक) < देव + वीति ‘invitation/enjoyment/feast’

• श्रेष्ठम्: the best
• श्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• धेहि: place; bestow
• धेहि: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (दधाति) ‘to place, bestow’

• वार्यम्: a choice boon; desirable wealth
• वार्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वार्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृ ‘to choose’ (desirable/choice)