Mantra 3

Sukta 103

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अच्छा हि त्वा सहसः सूनो अङ्गिरः स्रुचश्चरन्त्यध्वरे। ऊर्जो नपातं घृतकेशमीमहेऽग्निं यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम्

IAST Transliteration

ácchā hí tvā sahásaḥ sū́no aṅgiraḥ srúcaś cáranty adhvaré | ū́rjo nápātaṃ ghṛtákeśam īmahe’gníṃ yajñéṣu pū́rvyam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For unto thee, O Angiras, son of might, the ladles move within the sacrifice. We seek Agni, the offspring of nourishment, ghee-haired, the ancient one among sacrifices.

Word by Word

• अच्छ: towards, to
• अच्छ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छ (avyaya-prātipadika)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (nipāta)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहसः: of might/power
• सहसः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूनो: O son
• सूनो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गिरः: O Aṅgiras (Agni)
• अङ्गिरः: Sambodhana
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्रुचः: ladles (offering-spoons)
• स्रुचः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रुच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चरन्ति: move, go about
• चरन्ति: Kriyā (with Kartā = स्रुचः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)

• अध्वरे: in the rite/sacrifice
• अध्वरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्जः: of nourishment/strength
• ऊर्जः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नपातम्: offspring/descendant (son)
• नपातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नपात् (प्रातिपदिक)

• घृतकेशम्: having ghee as hair; ghee-maned
• घृतकेशम्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत-केश (कर्मधारय-समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we seek/implore
• ईमहे: Kriyā (with Kartā = implied ‘वयम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु) / √यम् ‘to go/strive’ with desiderative/precative nuance in Vedic; here as ātmanepada hymn-verb

• अग्निम्: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञेषु: in sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूर्व्यम्: ancient, primeval
• पूर्व्यम्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance (Agni praise; incorporated in AV 20)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (typical of such RV-style verses; exact scansion depends on RV locus)

Mantra Rasa

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