Rig Veda 5.9.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 9, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.9
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable for 5.9)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh/Gāyatrī-family short meter (uncertain; requires scan of full hymn 5.9)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्निर्होता दास्वतः क्षयस्य वृक्तबर्हिषः । सं यज्ञासश्चरन्ति यं सं वाजासः श्रवस्यवः ॥
Transliteration
agnir hotā dāsvataḥ kṣayasya vṛkta-barhiṣaḥ | saṁ yajñāsaś caranti yaṁ saṁ vājāsaḥ śravasyavaḥ ||
Translation
Agni is the Hotṛ of the giver’s dwelling, where the sacred seat is well-prepared. To him the movements of sacrifice converge, and to him converge the plenitudes of force sought for fame—powers that build the soul’s worthy hearing.
Word by Word
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
होताthe Hotṛ-priest; invoker
होता:
कर्तृ (अग्निः का विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootहु (धातु) → होतृ- (कृदन्त, तृच्)
दास्वतःof the giving/munificent (one)
दास्वतः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootदाश्/दास् (धातु ‘देने/पूजने’) → दास्वत्- (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
क्षयस्यof the dwelling/household; of the abode
क्षयस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृक्तबर्हिषःwhose sacrificial grass is strewn/trimmed (i.e., with prepared barhis)
वृक्तबर्हिषः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootवृक्त- (PPP of व्रज्/वृज् ‘to cut/clear’) + बर्हिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together; completely
सम्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यज्ञासःsacrifices; sacrificial rites
यज्ञासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
चरन्तिmove/come; proceed
चरन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together; wholly
सम्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वाजासःprizes; strengths; (winning) powers
वाजासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवाज- (प्रातिपदिक)
श्रवस्यवःfame-seeking; seeking glory
श्रवस्यवः:
कर्तृ (वाजासः के विशेषण/समनाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootश्रवस्यु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fame-seeking’)
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