Rig Veda 8.43.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 13
Sukta 8.43
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत त्वा भृगुवच्छुचे मनुष्वदग्न आहुत । अङ्गिरस्वद्धवामहे ॥
Transliteration
utá tvā bhṛgúvac chúce manuṣvád agna ā́huta | aṅgirasvád dhavāmahe ||
Translation
またわれらは汝を呼ぶ、輝けるアグニよ。ブリグ（Bhṛgu）らのごとく、マヌ（Manu）のごとく、アンギラス（Aṅgiras）らのごとく招き呼び——古き希求の火がわれらのうちに正しく目覚めるように。
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भृगुवत्like the Bhṛgus
भृगुवत्:
—
TypeAdverbial (comparative manner) / Adjective
Rootभृगु (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
शुचेO pure/bright one
शुचे:
—
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक) / शुच् (धातु ‘to shine, be pure’ से विशेषण)
मनुष्वत्like Manu / in the manner of Manu
मनुष्वत्:
—
TypeAdverbial (manner) / Adjective
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
आहुतO invoked/offered-to (one)
आहुत:
—
TypeParticiple (past passive) used as vocative epithet
Rootआ-हु (धातु) → आहुत (कृदन्त, क्त)
अङ्गिरस्वत्like the Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरस्वत्:
—
TypeAdverbial (manner) / Adjective
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
हवामहेwe invoke/call upon
हवामहे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे/ह्वा (धातु ‘to call, invoke’)
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