Rig Veda 8.74.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.74

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पन्यांसं जातवेदसं यो देवतात्युद्यता । हव्यान्यैरयद्दिवि ॥

Transliteration

pányāṃsaṃ jātávedasaṃ yó devátāty údyatā | havyā́ny áirayad diví ||

Translation

Adorable Jātavedas—he who, uplifted toward the godhead, sets the offerings in motion in the luminous heights.

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Word by Word

• पन्यांसम्: praiseworthy (him)
• पन्यांसम्: कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘जातवेदसम्’ विशेषयति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पन्य (प्रातिपदिक; √पन्/√पण् ‘to praise/admire’ > ‘praiseworthy, admirable’)

• जातवेदसम्: Jātavedas (Agni), knower of all births
• जातवेदसम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; जात ‘born/known’ + वेदस् ‘knowledge’)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवताती: by/through the ‘devatāti’ (divine contest/overcoming; aid of the gods)
• देवताती: करण (साधन/उपायभावे) अथवा अधिकरण (सन्दर्भे) — ‘देवताती’ इत्यनेन
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवताती (प्रातिपदिक; देवता + अति/आति ‘passing beyond; contest/overcoming’—Vedic abstract/collective)

• उद्यता: raised up; striving; ready
• उद्यता: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: उद्-यत (√यत् ‘to strive/raise’), क्त (past passive participle) > उद्यत

• हव्यानि: oblations
• हव्यानि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to sacrifice’ > ‘oblation-worthy’)

• ऐरयत्: he set in motion / he sent forth
• ऐरयत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईरय्/इरय् (causative of √ईर/√इर ‘to set in motion, raise’)

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक ‘sky, heaven’)