Rig Veda 3.10.5: Mandala 3, Sukta 10, Mantra 5

Sukta 3.10

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional for RV 3.10)

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ/vedhas)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full-sūkta confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र होत्रे पूर्व्यं वचोऽग्नये भरता बृहत् । विपां ज्योतींषि बिभ्रते न वेधसे ॥

Transliteration

prá hotré pūrvyáṃ váco ’gnáye bharatā bṛhát | vipā́ṃ jyótīṃṣi bíbhrate ná vedháse ||

Translation

祭司の火、アグニ（Agni）に、古（いにしえ）の言葉を、広大にしてひろがる言葉を捧げよ。彼こそはヴェーダス（Védhas）、霊感ある者たちの光を担い、その照明を業において効力あらしめる者。

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Word by Word

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

• होत्रे: to the Hotṛ-priest
• होत्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (prātipadika; from √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)

• पूर्व्यम्: ancient, primeval
• पूर्व्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व्य (adj. prātipadika; from पूर्व ‘former’)

• वचः: speech, utterance
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (prātipadika; from √वच् ‘to speak’)

• अग्नये: to Agni
• अग्नये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• भरत: bear, bring
• भरत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति)

• बृहत्: great, lofty
• बृहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (adj. prātipadika)

• विपाम्: of the inspired poets
• विपाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप् (prātipadika; ‘inspired singer/poet’, Vedic)

• ज्योतींषि: lights, splendors
• ज्योतींषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (prātipadika)

• बिभ्रते: to/for (him) bearing, carrying
• बिभ्रते: Sampradāna
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (bibhrati)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• वेधसे: to the wise one (Ve­dhas)
• वेधसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (prātipadika; ‘wise one/ordainer’, epithet esp. of Agni)