Rig Veda 1.36.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 36, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.36
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र त्वा दूतं वृणीमहे होतारं विश्ववेदसम् । महस्ते सतो वि चरन्त्यर्चयो दिवि स्पृशन्ति भानवः ॥
Transliteration
prá tvā dūtáṃ vṛṇīmahe hótāraṃ viśvá-vedasam | mahás te sató ví caranty arcáyo diví spṛśanti bhānávaḥ ||
Translation
We choose you forward as the messenger, the priest of offering, the knower of all. Vast is your being: your flames move abroad; your radiances touch heaven.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दूतम्messenger
दूतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
वृणीमहेwe choose
वृणीमहे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति/वृणीते ‘choose’)
होतारम्Hotar-priest, invoker
होतारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘offer/sacrifice’)
विश्ववेदसम्all-knowing
विश्ववेदसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व-वेदस् (समास; विश्व ‘all’ + वेदस् ‘knowledge/wise’)
महत्great
महत्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you, your
ते:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सतःof the being/true one
सतः:
—
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक; √अस् ‘be’ → सत् ‘being’)
विapart, widely, in various ways
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
चरन्तिthey move, they roam
चरन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (चरति ‘move, roam’)
अर्चयःrays, flames
अर्चयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चि/अर्चिस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ray, flame’)
दिविin heaven, in the sky
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक ‘sky, heaven’)
स्पृशन्तिthey touch
स्पृशन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√स्पृश् (स्पृशति ‘touch’)
भानवःbeams, shining lights
भानवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootभानु (प्रातिपदिक ‘light, beam’)
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