Rig Veda 8.74.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.74
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यं जनासो हविष्मन्तो मित्रं न सर्पिरासुतिम् । प्रशंसन्ति प्रशस्तिभिः ॥
Transliteration
yáṃ jánāso havíṣmanto mitráṃ na sarpírāsutim | praśáṃsanti práśastibhiḥ ||
Translation
Him whom the offerers among men acclaim with their affirmations—like a friend—him whose libation is clarified richness: Agni is praised by praises.
Word by Word
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
जनासःpeople, men
जनासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजन (prātipadika) / जनस् (Vedic stem)
हविष्मन्तःpossessing oblations
हविष्मन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootहविष्मन्त् (adj. from हविस्)
मित्रम्Mitra (the god / the Friend)
मित्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (prātipadika)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (particle)
सर्पिरासुतिम्a ghee-libation, a butter-offering
सर्पिरासुतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसर्पिरासुति (compound: सर्पिस् + आसुति)
प्रशंसन्तिthey praise
प्रशंसन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-शंस् (dhātu)
प्रशस्तिभिःwith praises, with laudations
प्रशस्तिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootप्रशस्ति (prātipadika; ‘praise, laudation’)
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