Rig Veda 3.28.1: Mandala 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 1

Sukta 3.28

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (attributed to the Viśvāmitra family for Maṇḍala 3; hymn-level attribution may vary by recension)

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (predominant in RV 3.28; verse-level scansion may show variation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अग्ने जुषस्व नो हविः पुरोळाशं जातवेदः । प्रातःसावे धियावसो ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 3.28.1

Transliteration

ágné juṣásva no havíḥ puroḷā́śaṃ jātavedāḥ | prātáḥ-sā́ve dhiyāvaso ||

Translation

Wahai Agni, terimalah persembahan kami—puroḍāśa yang dipersiapkan dengan baik—wahai Jātavedas, Yang Mengetahui segala kelahiran. Pada pemerasan pagi, bangunkan dan besarkanlah ilham kami agar ia mengusung kami.

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Word by Word

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

• जुषस्व: take pleasure in / accept
• जुषस्व: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जुष् (सेवने/प्रीतौ)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: कर्म (object of जुषस्व)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरोळाशम्: the sacrificial cake (puroḍāśa)
• पुरोळाशम्: कर्म (apposition to हविः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोळाश- (प्रातिपदिक)

• जातवेदः: O Jātavedas (Agni, ‘knower of births/creatures’)
• जातवेदः: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस्- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)

• प्रातःसावे: at the morning pressing/rite
• प्रातःसावे: अधिकरण (time)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय) + सव- (प्रातिपदिक) → प्रातःसव-

• धियावसो: O thou rich in/abiding in sacred thought
• धियावसो: सम्बोधन (address; epithet of Agni)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: धियावस्- (प्रातिपदिक; धिया + वस् ‘dwelling/abiding’ → ‘having/abiding in thought’)