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Atharva Veda 5.12.7: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 7

Sukta 12

दैव्या॒ होता॑रा प्रथ॒मा सुवाचा॒ मिमा॑ना य॒ज्ञं मनु॑षो॒ यज॑ध्यै । प्र॒चो॒दय॑न्ता वि॒दथे॑षु का॒रू प्रा॒चीनं॒ ज्योतिः॑ प्र॒दिशा॑ दि॒शन्ता॑

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 5.12.7

daivyā́ hótārā prathamā́ suvā́cā mímānā yajñáṃ mánuṣo yájadhyai | pracodáyantā vidátheṣu kārú prācī́naṃ jyótiḥ pradíśā diśántā

The two divine Hotars, foremost, fair-speaking, measuring out the sacrifice for Manu’s worship—impelling the poet in the assemblies, and pointing out eastward light in the fore-direction.

രണ്ട് ദൈവ്യ ഹോതാരന്മാർ—അഗ്രഗണ്യർ, സുമധുരവാക്യർ—മനുഷ്യൻ (മനു) യജിക്കേണ്ടതിനായി യജ്ഞത്തെ അളന്ന് ക്രമപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു. വിദഥങ്ങളിൽ കവിയെ പ്രചോദിപ്പിക്കുകയും, മുൻദിശയിൽ കിഴക്കോട്ടുള്ള ജ്യോതിയെ കാണിച്ചുതരുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

दैव्यौthe two divine
दैव्यौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य (प्रातिपदिक; देव-सम्बन्धिन्)
होतारौtwo Hotṛ-priests / invokers
होतारौ:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘यज्/आहुति-प्रदान’)
प्रथमौthe first (foremost)
प्रथमौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
सुवाचौwell-speaking / eloquent
सुवाचौ:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-वाच (प्रातिपदिक; सु + वाच ‘speech’)
मिमानौmeasuring out / arranging
मिमानौ:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√मा (माने/मापन) — ‘मिमान’ (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
यज्ञम्the sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
मनुषःof Manu / of the man (human)
मनुषः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
यजध्यैto sacrifice / in order to worship
यजध्यै:
Prayojana
TypeVerb (infinitive)
Root√यज् (देवपूजा/याग)
प्रचोदयन्तौurging on / impelling
प्रचोदयन्तौ:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootप्र-√चुद् (प्रेरणे)
विदथेषुin the assemblies / ritual sessions
विदथेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविदथ (प्रातिपदिक)
कारूthe singer/poet (seer)
कारू:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकारु (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राचीनम्eastern / former
प्राचीनम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राचीन (प्रातिपदिक)
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रदिशाby/with (a) direction; toward the quarter
प्रदिशा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘direction/quarter’)
दिशन्तौpointing out / indicating
दिशन्तौ:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√दिश् (निर्देशे/प्रदाने)

Rishi: RV-liturgical tradition reused in AV.

Devata: Divine Hotṛ-pair (ritual officiant powers), with ‘light/east’ as functional focus.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like.

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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