Rig Veda 1.44.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 44, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.44

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva-praskaṇva lineage; RV 1.44)

Devata: Agni (as Trātṛ, Havya-vāhana)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्तविष्यामि त्वामहं विश्वस्यामृत भोजन । अग्ने त्रातारममृतं मियेध्य यजिष्ठं हव्यवाहन ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.44.5

Transliteration

stavíṣyāmi tvā́m aháṃ víśvasyāmṛta bhojana | ágne trātā́ram amṛ́taṃ miyedhya yájiṣṭhaṃ havya-vāhana ||

Translation

われは汝を讃歌せん――アグニ（Agni）よ、万有の不死なる養いよ。アグニよ、不死の護り手、清める者、祭祀にふさわしき者；最もよく供犠する者、供物を運ぶ者（havyavāhana）よ。

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Word by Word

• स्तविष्यामि: I shall praise
• स्तविष्यामि: — (finite verb/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (stu) ‘to praise’

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st person pronoun)

• विश्वस्य: of all / of the whole
• विश्वस्य: Śeṣa (genitival relation)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Genitive qualifier
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika) ‘all, entire’

• अमृत: O immortal one
• अमृत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative)
• Root: अमृत (prātipadika) ‘immortal; ambrosia’

• भोजन: O nourisher / provider
• भोजन: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: भोजन (prātipadika) ‘nourisher, giver of food’ (< √भुज/भोज ‘to enjoy, to feed’)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika) ‘Agni’

• त्रातारम्: protector
• त्रातारम्: Karma (apposition to त्वाम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रातृ (prātipadika) ‘protector, savior’ (< √त्रा ‘to protect’)

• अमृतम्: immortal (one)
• अमृतम्: Karma (apposition to त्वाम्)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अमृत (prātipadika) ‘immortal; ambrosia’

• मियेध्य: O worship-worthy one
• मियेध्य: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मियेध्य (prātipadika) ‘to be worshipped / worthy of worship’ (Vedic epithet; traditionally taken as ‘fit for sacrifice’)

• यजिष्ठम्: most worthy of worship
• यजिष्ठम्: Karma (apposition to त्वाम्)
• Type: Adjective (superlative epithet)
• Root: यजिष्ठ (superlative prātipadika from यज्य/यज ‘sacrificial, worshipful’ < √यज ‘to worship, sacrifice’)

• हव्यवाहन: O carrier of oblations
• हव्यवाहन: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: हव्य-वाहन (compound: हव्य ‘oblation’ + वाहन ‘carrier’ < √वह ‘to carry’)