Rig Veda 3.27.14: Mandala 3, Sukta 27, Mantra 14
Sukta 3.27
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वृषो अग्निः समिध्यतेऽश्वो न देववाहनः । तं हविष्मन्त ईळते ॥
Transliteration
vṛ́ṣo agníḥ samidhyate ’śvo na devávāhanaḥ | táṃ havíṣmanta īḷate ||
Translation
アグニは点ぜられる、精気の雄牛として——神々を運ぶ馬のように。供物を携える者たちは、彼を希求のうちに呼び招く。
Word by Word
वृषःthe bull-like, mighty one
वृषः:
Kartā (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (used adjectivally)
Rootवृषन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वृष’ = बलवान्/वृषभः)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
समिध्यतेis kindled / kindles up
समिध्यते:
(क्रिया) — कर्तरि प्रयोगः
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√इध् (इध् दीप्तौ) / √इन्ध् (दीप्तौ) — आत्मनेपदम्
अश्वःa horse
अश्वः:
Kartā (उपमानम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपातः)
देववाहनःgod-bearing, carrying the gods
देववाहनः:
Kartā (अश्वस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेव- + वाहन- (√वह् ‘वहने’ से) — समासः (तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयः)
तम्him (that one = Agni)
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हविष्मन्तःthose possessing oblations (offerers)
हविष्मन्तः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootहविस् + मन्त् (मतुप्-प्रत्यय; ‘युक्त/सम्पन्न’)
ईळतेthey praise / invoke
ईळते:
(क्रिया) — कर्तरि प्रयोगः
TypeVerb
Root√ईळ्/√ईड् (स्तुतौ/पूजायाम्) — आत्मनेपदम्
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