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Rig Veda 1.12.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 12, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.12

Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 1.12)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 x 8 syllables)

अग्निं दूतं वृणीमहे होतारं विश्ववेदसम् । अस्य यज्ञस्य सुक्रतुम् ॥

agníṃ dūtáṃ vṛṇīmahe hótāraṃ viśvá-vedasam | asyá yajñásya su-krátum ||

われらはアグニ(Agni)を使者として選ぶ。呼び招く祭司ホートリ(hotṛ)、万知者ヴィシュヴァヴェーダス(viśvavedas)として。願わくは、この祭儀(yajña)のために、彼が善き意志—光明にして正しく効力ある力—となりますように。

अग्निम्Agni (as the object of choice)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
दूतम्messenger
दूतम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (appositional)
Rootदूत- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृणीमहेwe choose / we elect
वृणीमहे:
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणीते) ‘to choose, to select’
होतारम्Hotar-priest (invoker)
होतारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootहोतृ- (प्रातिपदिक; from √हु ‘to sacrifice, offer’)
विश्ववेदसम्all-knowing / possessing universal knowledge
विश्ववेदसम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम् of अग्निम्/होतारम्)
TypeAdjective (compound epithet)
Rootविश्व- + वेदस्- (समास; वेदस् ‘knowledge’ from √विद्)
अस्यof this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to worship, sacrifice’)
सुक्रतुम्of good resolve / of good ritual skill
सुक्रतुम्:
कर्म (विशेषणम् of अग्निम्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसु- + क्रतु- (प्रातिपदिक; क्रतु ‘resolve, power of will/skill’)

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