Rig Veda 8.74.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.74
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सबाधो यं जना इमेऽग्निं हव्येभिरीळते । जुह्वानासो यतस्रुचः ॥
Transliteration
sabā́dho yáṃ jánā imé ’gníṃ havyébhir ī́ḷate | juhvā́nāso yatásrucaḥ ||
Translation
隔てなく、ここなる人々は供物もてそのアグニを讃え礼拝する。正しき柄杓を執りて注ぎ出しつつ—与える行為において自らを律する者たち。
Word by Word
स॒बाधः॑unopposed, unhindered
स॒बाधः॑:
विशेषण (अग्निम् का)
TypeAdjective
Rootस-बाध (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बाध’ = बाध् ‘पीडने/अवरोधने’ से)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म (ईळते का)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जनाःpeople
जनाः:
कर्तृ (ईळते का)
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
इमेthese
इमे:
विशेषण (जनाः का)
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni (the fire-god)
अग्निम्:
कर्म (ईळते का; यम् का अपोद्घात/समन्वय)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
हव्येभिःwith oblations
हव्येभिः:
करण (ईळते का)
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
ईळतेpraises / worships / invokes
ईळते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootईळ् (धातु; स्तुति/आह्वान/पूजा)
जुह्वानासःoffering (making oblations)
जुह्वानासः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (जनाः का)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootहु (धातु) → जुह्वान (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ-प्राय; ‘offering’)
यतस्रुचःwith directed/controlled ladles (well-guided offering-ladles)
यतस्रुचः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (जनाः का)
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound epithet)
Rootयत-स्रुच् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; स्रुच् ‘लडल/चमस/स्रुच्’)
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