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Rig Veda 8.23.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 23, Mantra 22

Sukta 8.23

Rishi: Vaiyaśva
Devata: Agni Jātavedas
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; confirm by metrical count in critical edition)

प्रथमं जातवेदसमग्निं यज्ञेषु पूर्व्यम् । प्रति स्रुगेति नमसा हविष्मती ॥

prathamáṃ jātávedasam agníṃ yajñéṣu pū́rvyam | práti srúg eti námasā havíṣmatī ||

ಮೊದಲು ಯಜ್ಞಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನನಾದ ಜಾತವೇದಸ ಅಗ್ನಿಯ ಕಡೆಗೆ—ನಮಸ್ಕಾರದಿಂದ—ಹವಿಷ್ಯವತಿಯಾದ ಸ್ರುಚಿ (ಆಹುತಿ-ಚಮಚ) ಮುಂದುವರಿಯುತ್ತದೆ; ಹೀಗೆ ಪವಿತ್ರ ದ್ರವ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೊತ್ತು ಒಳಗಿನ ಅರ್ಪಣೆ ಜನ್ಮಗಳ ಜ್ಞಾತನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಸೇರುತ್ತದೆ.

प्रथमम्first, foremost
प्रथमम्:
कर्म (अग्निम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *pr̥H-to- (first)
जातवेदसम्Jātavedas (Agni, ‘knower of births/creatures’)
जातवेदसम्:
कर्म (अग्निम्-समनाधिकरणम्)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; जात- ‘born’ + वेदस् ‘knowing/knowledge’)
अग्निम्Agni (fire-god)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञेषुin the sacrifices
यज्ञेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्व्यम्ancient, primeval
पूर्व्यम्:
कर्म (अग्निम्-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; पूर्व ‘former’ + -य)
प्रतिtowards, in response
प्रति:
(क्रियाविशेषण/उपसर्गार्थः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्रुगेति‘(saying) “of the ladle/with the ladle”’ (thus)
स्रुगेति:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठ्यर्थः) / वाक्य-चिह्न (इति)
TypeNoun + Indeclinable (quotative)
Rootस्रुच् (प्रातिपदिक) + इति (अव्यय)
नमसाwith reverence, by homage
नमसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
हविष्मतीoblation-bearing, having the offering
हविष्मती:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (f.)
Rootहविष्मत् (प्रातिपदिक; हविस् ‘oblation’ + -मत् ‘possessing’)

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