Rig Veda 1.128.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 128, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.128

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional for this cycle)

Devata: Agni (with Mātariśvan as mythic mediator)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तं यज्ञसाधमपि वातयामस्यृतस्य पथा नमसा हविष्मता देवताता हविष्मता । स न ऊर्जामुपाभृत्यया कृपा न जूर्यति । यं मातरिश्वा मनवे परावतो देवं भाः परावतः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.128.2

Transliteration

táṃ yajñá-sādham ápi vātayāmasy ṛtásya pathā́ námasā havíṣmatā devá-tātā havíṣmatā | sá na ūrjā́m upā́bhṛty ayā́ kṛpā́ ná jū́ryati | yáṃ mātáriśvā mánave parā́vato deváṃ bhā́ḥ parā́vataḥ ||

Translation

Him, the accomplisher of the sacrifice, we fan into flame along the path of Ṛta, with adoration and with the offering, for the becoming of the gods—with the offering. He brings to us the nourishing force and sets it near; by this protective care he does not decay. He whom Mātariśvan brought to Manu from the far distance, the god, the shining one from the far distance.

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Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञसाधम्: the accomplisher of the sacrifice
• यज्ञसाधम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ-साध (प्रातिपदिक; साध ‘accomplishing’)

• अपि: also, indeed
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वातयामसि: we impel / we set in motion
• वातयामसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वा/√वात् (वातयति ‘to cause to blow/drive on’)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पथा: by the path
• पथा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमसा: with reverence
• नमसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• हविष्मता: with oblation (having havis)
• हविष्मता: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हविष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवताता: the divine nature / godhead
• देवताता: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवताता (प्रातिपदिक; ‘divinity/being a god’)

• हविष्मता: with oblation
• हविष्मता: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हविष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऊर्जाम्: nourishing strength
• ऊर्जाम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• उपाभृत्य: having brought/supplied (to us)
• उपाभृत्य: —
• Type: Gerund
• Root: उप-√भृ (उपाभृ ‘to bring near, supply’), क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (अव्ययीभाव/क्त्वान्त)

• अया: by this
• अया: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्/अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘this’)

• कृपा: compassion, favor
• कृपा: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• जूऱ्यति: does not decay / does not grow old
• जूऱ्यति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जॄ/√जुर् (जूऱ्यति ‘to waste away, grow old’)

• यम्: whom
• यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मातरिश्वा: Mātariśvan
• मातरिश्वा: कर्ता
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: मातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; देव-नाम)

• मनवे: to Manu
• मनवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)

• परावतः: from afar
• परावतः: अपादान
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: परावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘far away, distant region’)

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• भाः: radiance/light
• भाः: कर्म
• Type: Noun (Vedic) / verbal noun
• Root: √भा (भाति ‘to shine’; here as noun/acc. ‘light, radiance’ or verbal form in Vedic usage)

• परावतः: from afar
• परावतः: अपादान
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: परावत् (प्रातिपदिक)