Rig Veda 5.16.2 — Mandala 5, Sukta 16, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.16
Devata: Agni (with comparison to Bhaga)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स हि द्युभिर्जनानां होता दक्षस्य बाह्वोः । वि हव्यमग्निरानुषग्भगो न वारमृण्वति ॥
Transliteration
sá hí dyúbhir jánānāṃ hótā dákṣasya bāhvóḥ | ví havíyam agnír ānuṣág bhágo ná vā́ram ṛṇvati ||
Translation
彼はまことに、光輝の諸力をもって民のホータル（祭司）たり、巧みと成就する知の両腕のうちに在す。アグニ（Agni）は供物を順次に配し、福分の神バガ（Bhaga）が望ましき囲いを開くがごとく、歓喜と充溢の分け前を解き放つ。
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
द्युभिःwith/through the heavens; with heavenly lights
द्युभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
जनानाम्of the peoples
जनानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा जन (समूहवाचक)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest; invoker
होता:
Kartā (apposition to सः)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’ से)
दक्षस्यof skill/ability; of Dakṣa
दक्षस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootदक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
बाह्वोःof (his) two arms
बाह्वोः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, forth, widely
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हव्यम्the oblation; what is to be offered
हव्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहव्य (प्रातिपदिक; √हु से ‘to be offered’)
अग्निःAgni (Fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
आनुषक्in succession; continuously
आनुषक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनुषक्/अनुषज् (अव्यय; ‘in due order, successively’)
भगःBhaga (dispenser of shares); fortune
भगः:
Kartā (simile/apposition with अग्निः)
TypeNoun
Rootभग (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय; उपमा-निपात)
वारम्choice boon; desirable gift
वारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवार (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋण्वतिhe reaches/dispenses; he grants
ऋण्वति:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√ऋ (ऋणोति/ऋण्वति ‘to set in motion, to reach/attain; to bestow’), with preverb implied by context
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