Rig Veda 1.78.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 78, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.78

Rishi: Rahūgaṇa lineage (as stated)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अवोचाम रहूगणा अग्नये मधुमद्वचः । द्युम्नैरभि प्र णोनुमः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.78.5

Transliteration

ávocāma rahū́gaṇā agnáye mádhumad vácaḥ | dyumnáir abhí prá ṇónumaḥ ||

Translation

We, the Rahūgaṇas, have spoken to Agni a honeyed word—speech that carries delight and truth; with luminous powers we urge him forward within us.

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Word by Word

• अवोचाम: we spoke / we have uttered
• अवोचाम: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (√vac)

• रहूगणाः: the Rahūgaṇas (a clan/seers)
• रहूगणाः: सम्बोधन/कर्तृ-सम्बन्ध (वक्ता-समूहः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहूगण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नये: to Agni
• अग्नये: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमत्: honeyed, sweet
• मधुमत्: कर्म (वचः-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + मतुप्)

• वचः: speech, utterance
• वचः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यु॒म्नैः: with splendors / with glorious powers
• द्यु॒म्नैः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यु॒म्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: (क्रिया-विशेषकः) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: (क्रिया-विशेषकः) —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (अस्माकम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नोनुमः: we urge on / we impel
• नोनुमः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नु (√nu, ‘to push/urge on’, with reduplication)