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 ॥
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。
Word by Word
स्तविष्यामिI shall praise
स्तविष्यामि:
— (finite verb/predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (stu) ‘to praise’
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (1st person pronoun)
विश्वस्यof all / of the whole
विश्वस्य:
Śeṣa (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Genitive qualifier
Rootविश्व (prātipadika) ‘all, entire’
अमृतO immortal one
अमृत:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative)
Rootअमृत (prātipadika) ‘immortal; ambrosia’
भोजनO nourisher / provider
भोजन:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootभोजन (prātipadika) ‘nourisher, giver of food’ (< √भुज/भोज ‘to enjoy, to feed’)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika) ‘Agni’
त्रातारम्protector
त्रातारम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वाम्)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रातृ (prātipadika) ‘protector, savior’ (< √त्रा ‘to protect’)
अमृतम्immortal (one)
अमृतम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वाम्)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootअमृत (prātipadika) ‘immortal; ambrosia’
मियेध्यO worship-worthy one
मियेध्य:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमियेध्य (prātipadika) ‘to be worshipped / worthy of worship’ (Vedic epithet; traditionally taken as ‘fit for sacrifice’)
यजिष्ठम्most worthy of worship
यजिष्ठम्:
Karma (apposition to त्वाम्)
TypeAdjective (superlative epithet)
Rootयजिष्ठ (superlative prātipadika from यज्य/यज ‘sacrificial, worshipful’ < √यज ‘to worship, sacrifice’)
हव्यवाहनO carrier of oblations
हव्यवाहन:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootहव्य-वाहन (compound: हव्य ‘oblation’ + वाहन ‘carrier’ < √वह ‘to carry’)
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