Mantra 3

Sukta 8

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हुवे सोमं सवितारं नमोभिर्विश्वानादित्याँ अहमुत्तरत्वे। अयमग्निर्दीदायद् दीर्घमेव सजातैरिद्धोऽप्रतिब्रुवद्भिः

IAST Transliteration

huvé sómaṃ savitā́raṃ námobhir víśvān ādityā́n ahám uttaratvé | ayám agnír dī́dāyat dī́rgham evá sajātáiḥ iddhó ’pratibrúvadbhiḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With reverences I call on Soma, on Savitar, on all the Ādityas, for superiority. This Agni shall blaze forth long indeed—kindled among my peers, with none to gainsay.

Word by Word

• हुवे: I invoke / I call
• हुवे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे (ह्वा) ‘आह्वाने’

• सोमम्: Soma
• सोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• सवितारम्: Savitṛ (the Impeller)
• सवितारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमोभिः: with obeisances
• नमोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वान्: all
• विश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आदित्यान्: Ādityas
• आदित्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्तरत्वे: in superiority / in the state of being higher
• उत्तरत्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरत्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दीदायद्: shone / blazed
• दीदायद्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दीदाय्/√दी (दीप्तौ) (वैदिक-रूप) अथवा √दीद् (दीप्तौ)

• दीर्घम्: for a long (time) / long
• दीर्घम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially) / Noun-acc.
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सजातैः: with his kindred / with those of the same birth
• सजातैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजात (प्रातिपदिक) < सम्-√जन् (कृदन्त-भाव) ‘born together/akin’

• इद्धः: kindled, inflamed
• इद्धः: Kartā (as qualifier of अग्निः)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: इद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) < √इन्ध् (दीप्तौ) ‘kindle’

• अप्रतिब्रुवद्भिः: with those who do not contradict / with the unopposing speakers
• अप्रतिब्रुवद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: अ-प्रति-√ब्रू (वचने) (वर्तमान-कृदन्त) ‘speaking/answering’

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (rāṣṭra/status cycle)

Devata: Soma, Savitar, Ādityas; Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (probable)

Mantra Rasa

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