Rig Veda 1.13.11: Mandala 1, Sukta 13, Mantra 11

Sukta 1.13

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Vanaspati (sacrificial wood as divine carrier); secondarily the collective Devas as recipients

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अव सृजा वनस्पते देव देवेभ्यो हविः । प्र दातुरस्तु चेतनम् ॥

Transliteration

áva sṛja vanaspate déva devébhyo havíḥ | prá dātúr astu cétanam ||

Translation

森木の主よ、供物を神々へと放ち、送り出せ。施す者の覚知が呼び覚まされ、前へと導かれよ—布施の行為が自覚的に、光明に、正しい秩序のうちに成就するように。

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Word by Word

• अव: down, forth (as preverb)
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अव (upasarga)

• सृज: release, let go, send forth
• सृज: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्

• वनस्पते: O Lord of the wood (Vanaspati; sacrificial tree/wood)
• वनस्पते: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• देव: O god
• देव: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवेभ्यः: to the gods
• देवेभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• हविः: oblation, offering
• हविः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• दातुः: of the giver (the offerer)
• दातुः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √दा ‘to give’)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: (क्रियापद)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्

• चेतनम्: attention, awareness; (be) mindful/attentive
• चेतनम्: प्रथमा (predicate nominative) / कर्म (if taken as object) — here predicate with अस्तु
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: चेतन (प्रातिपदिक; from √चित् ‘to perceive/notice’)