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Rig Veda 1.72.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 72, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.72

Rishi: Parāśara Śāktya
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

तिस्रो यदग्ने शरदस्त्वामिच्छुचिं घृतेन शुचयः सपर्यान् । नामानि चिद्दधिरे यज्ञियान्यसूदयन्त तन्वः सुजाताः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.72.3

tisró yád agne śarádas tvā́m íc chúcíṃ ghṛténa śúcayaḥ saparyā́n | nā́māni cid dadhire yajñiyā́ny asū́dayanta tanvàḥ sujā́tāḥ ||

For three autumns, O Agni, the pure ones sought you, the pure, and served you with clarified delight. They even set in place the names that belong to the sacrifice; and the well-born bodies of power were driven awake into activity.

तिस्रःthree
तिस्रः:
विशेषण (कर्तृपदस्य/समूहस्य)
TypeNoun (numeral used adjectivally)
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) → तिसृ
यत्when/that (which)
यत्:
सम्बन्ध/उपपद
TypeIndeclinable (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
शरदःautumns/years
शरदः:
कर्म (इच्छ्-क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootशरद् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
कर्म (इच्छ्-क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इच्छुचिम्desiring the pure (one)/seeking purity
इच्छुचिम्:
विशेषण (कर्मपदस्य)
TypeKṛdanta (verbal adjective)
Rootइष्/इच्छ् (धातु) + शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतेनwith ghee
घृतेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
शुचयःthe pure ones
शुचयः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
सपर्यान्acts of worship/service
सपर्यान्:
कर्म (दधिरे/असूदयन्त इत्यादि क्रियाणाम्—‘पूजाः/सेवाः’)
TypeNoun
Rootसपर्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सेवा/पूजा’)
नामानिnames
नामानि:
कर्म (दधिरे)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
सम्बन्ध/निपात
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
दधिरेthey placed/established
दधिरे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
यज्ञियानिworthy of sacrifice/ritual
यज्ञियानि:
विशेषण (कर्मपदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञिय (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ-सम्बद्ध/यज्ञार्ह)
असूदयन्तthey kindled/impelled
असूदयन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसू/सूद् (धातु; ‘प्रेरणे/उत्पादने/प्रज्वलने’ वैदिक)
तन्वःtheir bodies/persons
तन्वः:
कर्म (असूदयन्त)
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक)
सुजाताःwell-born/nobly born
सुजाताः:
विशेषण (कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootसुजात (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + जात)

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