Rig Veda 3.24.4: Mandala 3, Sukta 24, Mantra 4
Sukta 3.24
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Agni (in concord with all Agnis and the Devas)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; confirm by metrical scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने विश्वेभिरग्निभिर्देवेभिर्महया गिरः । यज्ञेषु य उ चायवः ॥
Transliteration
agne víśvebhir agníbhir devébhir mahayā́ gíraḥ | yajñéṣu yá u cā́yavaḥ ||
Translation
アグニよ、あらゆる火と、諸神とともに、われらの霊感の歌を高めよ――祭儀の中に集められ、強められた言葉を。
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka)
TypeNoun (address)
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वेभिःwith all
विश्वेभिः:
सह/करण (instrumental of accompaniment: ‘with all’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व- (सर्व/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निभिःwith the fires (Agni-forms)
अग्निभिः:
करण/सह (instrumental: ‘with the fires/Agni-forms’)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेभिःwith the gods
देवेभिः:
करण/सह (instrumental: ‘with the gods’)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
महयmagnify / honor
महय:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootमह् (धातु; ‘to honor, magnify’)
गिरःhymns / songs
गिरः:
कर्म (what is to be magnified)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘song, hymn, voice’)
यज्ञेषुin the sacrifices
यज्ञेषु:
अधिकरण (locative: ‘in/at the sacrifices’)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता (of implied/elliptic clause: ‘who…’ referring to Agni)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उindeed / also
उ:
— (particle)
TypeIndeclinable particle
Rootउ (निपात/अव्यय)
चायवःthe well-disposed/propitious one (epithet)
चायवः:
कर्ता-विशेषण / विधेय (predicate epithet of ‘यः’ = Agni)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootचायव- (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic epithet)
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