Rig Veda 8.23.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 23, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.23
Devata: Agni (as Dūta, Havya-vāhana)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने याहि सुशस्तिभिर्हव्या जुह्वान आनुषक् । यथा दूतो बभूथ हव्यवाहनः ॥
Transliteration
ágnē yā́hi suśastíbhir havyā́ juhvā́na ānuṣák | yáthā dūtó babhū́tha havya-vā́hanaḥ ||
Translation
アグニよ、善き讃歌とともに来たれ。われらが祭杓（じしゃく）にて供物を絶えず注ぎ捧げるその流れに随いて来たれ。汝はすでに使者となり、供物を運ぶ者（havyavāhana）となった。われらの供献を神々へ運び、彼らの力をわれらの内へと持ち帰る。
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
याहिcome/go
याहि:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
सुशस्तिभिःwith good praises (well-sung hymns)
सुशस्तिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootसु-शस्ति- (प्रातिपदिक; सु + शस्ति ‘स्तुति/प्रशंसा’)
हव्याoblations (things to be offered)
हव्या:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहव्य- (प्रातिपदिक; √हू ‘आह्वाने’ से ‘आहुत्य/हवनीय’)
जुह्वानःoffering (pouring into the fire)
जुह्वानः:
कर्ता
TypeParticiple
Root√हु (धातु) → जुह्वान- (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ-प्रत्यय; Vedic intensive/present stem juhu-)
आनुषक्in due order, successively
आनुषक्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआनुषक् (अव्यय; ‘अनु’ से, ‘क्रमेण/लगातार’)
यथाas, just as
यथा:
सम्बन्ध/उपमान (यथार्थ-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
दूतःa messenger
दूतः:
कर्ता (उपमान-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootदूत- (प्रातिपदिक)
बभूथyou have become / you have been
बभूथ:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
हव्यवाहनःthe oblation-carrier (Agni)
हव्यवाहनः:
कर्ता/विशेषण (अग्नेः)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootहव्य-वाहन- (समास; हव्य ‘आहुत्य’ + वाहन ‘वहने वाला’, √वह)
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