Rig Veda 1.13.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 13, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.13
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 1.13)
Devata: Nārāśaṃsa
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नराशंसमिह प्रियमस्मिन्यज्ञ उप ह्वये । मधुजिह्वं हविष्कृतम् ॥
Transliteration
narāśáṃsam ihá priyám asmín yajñá úpa hvaye | mádhujihvaṃ haviṣkṛ́tam ||
Translation
ໂອ ນາຣາຊັງສະ, ຜູ້ເປັນທີ່ຮັກ, ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຮຽກຮ້ອງມາທີ່ນີ້ເພື່ອການບູຊານີ້ - ຜູ້ມີລີ້ນຫວານຊື່ນ, ຜູ້ສ້າງເຄື່ອງບູຊາ - ເພື່ອຄຳເວົ້າຈະກາຍເປັນຄວາມຫວານທີ່ຖືເອົາເຄື່ອງບູຊາແຫ່ງຄວາມປະສົງຂອງພວກເຮົາ.
Word by Word
नरा॒शंस॑म्Nārāśaṃsa (a divine/ritual personage), the praised one
नरा॒शंस॑म्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootनराशंस (प्रातिपदिक; नृ/नर + शंस ‘स्तुति/प्रशंसा’)
इ॒हhere
इ॒ह:
अधि॒करण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
प्रि॒यम्dear, beloved
प्रि॒यम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
अ॒स्मिन्in this
अ॒स्मिन्:
अधि॒करण
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
य॒ज्ञेin the sacrifice
य॒ज्ञे:
अधि॒करण
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
उप॑near, towards
उप॑:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/particle)
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ह्वयेI invoke/call
ह्वये:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वा/ह्वे) ‘आह्वान’
मधु॑जिह्वम्honey-tongued
मधु॑जिह्वम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootमधुजिह्व (समास; मधु + जिह्वा)
हवि॒ष्कृत॑म्prepared with/for the oblation; oblation-making
हवि॒ष्कृत॑म्:
कर्म
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootहविष्कृत (कृदन्त; हविस् + √कृ ‘कर’ → कृत)
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