Rig Veda 7.2.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 2, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.2
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)
Devata: Agni (with priestly actions around the barhis and havis)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सपर्यवो भरमाणा अभिज्ञु प्र वृञ्जते नमसा बर्हिरग्नौ । आजुह्वाना घृतपृष्ठं पृषद्वदध्वर्यवो हविषा मर्जयध्वम् ॥
Transliteration
saparyávo bháramāṇā abhi-jñú prá vṛñjate námasā bárhir agnáu | ā́-juhvānā ghṛtá-pṛṣṭhaṃ pṛ́ṣad-vad ádhvaryavo havíṣā marjayadhvam ||
Translation
供献の司祭たちよ、理解をもって供物を携え、礼拝をもってアグニのためにバルヒス（祭草の座）をひろげよ。注ぎ出しつつ、ギーの光を背に負う祭壇を、光線のまだらのごとく輝かせよ。供物によって祭儀を磨き、完全ならしめよ。
Word by Word
सपर्यवःthe worshippers/attendants
सपर्यवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootसपर्यु- (प्रातिपदिक; √सपर्य्/√सप् ‘to honor, serve’ से)
भरमाणाःbearing, carrying
भरमाणाः:
कर्तृ (सपर्यवः का विशेषण)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√भृ (भर्) + शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अभिज्ञुthe knowing/skillful one (Agni)
अभिज्ञु:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootअभि- + √ज्ञा/√ज्ञ (to know) → अभिज्ञु- (प्रातिपदिक ‘knowing, skilled’)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वृञ्जतेthey spread/arrange
वृञ्जते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृञ्ज् (to arrange/spread/prepare; ‘to set in order’)
नमसाwith reverence, by homage
नमसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
बर्हिःthe sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नौin/for Agni (at Agni’s rite)
अग्नौ:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
आजुह्वानाःoffering, invoking
आजुह्वानाः:
कर्तृ (सपर्यवः का विशेषण)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootआ- + √हु (to pour/offer, invoke) + शानच् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
घृतपृष्ठम्whose back is ghee; ghee-backed
घृतपृष्ठम्:
कर्म (अभिज्ञु का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootघृत- + पृष्ठ- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
पृषद्वत्speckled, dappled
पृषद्वत्:
कर्म (अभिज्ञु का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपृषद्-वत् (वत्-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘speckled/variegated’)
अध्वर्यवःO Adhvaryu priests
अध्वर्यवः:
कर्तृ (सम्बोधनार्थे/कर्तृवाचक)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर्यु- (प्रातिपदिक)
हविषाwith the oblation
हविषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्जयध्वम्cleanse/adorn (yourselves/it)!
मर्जयध्वम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मृज् (to wipe, cleanse, adorn)
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