Rig Veda 1.188.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 188, Mantra 7

Sukta 1.188

Rishi: Agastya

Devata: Divine Hotṛ-pair (daivyā hotārā), seer-priests; functionally linked to Agni and inspired speech

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रथमा हि सुवाचसा होतारा दैव्या कवी । यज्ञं नो यक्षतामिमम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.188.7

Transliteration

prathamā́ hí suvā́casā hotā́rā daivyā́ kavī́ | yajñáṃ no yakṣatām imám ||

Translation

ആദ്യസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ തന്നേ സുവാകുള്ള, കവികളായ ആ രണ്ടു ദൈവ്യ ഹോതൃകൾ; അവർ നമ്മുടെ വേണ്ടി ഈ യജ്ഞം യജിക്കട്ടെ. പ്രചോദിത വാക്ക് അന്തർയജ്ഞത്തെ യഥാവിധി നിർവഹിച്ചു പൂർണതയിലേക്കു നയിക്കട്ടെ.

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Word by Word

• प्रथमा: the first (ones)
• प्रथमा: Kartā (with होतारः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक) < प्रथ्/प्रथ (PIE *per- ‘forward/first’)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• सुवाचसा: well-speaking, of good utterance
• सुवाचसा: Kartā (qualifier of होतारः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वाचस् (प्रातिपदिक; सु- ‘well’ + वाचस् ‘speech’)

• होतारः: the Hotṛ-priests (invokers)
• होतारः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’)

• दैव्याः: divine
• दैव्याः: Kartā (qualifier of कवयः/होतारः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव्य (प्रातिपदिक; from देव ‘god’)

• कवयः: seers, poets
• कवयः: Kartā (in apposition to होतारः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to worship/sacrifice’)

• नः: for us, our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary; ‘for us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun (enclitic)
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• यक्षत: may they worship/perform (offer)
• यक्षत: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (यजँ) ‘to worship/sacrifice’

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (apposition to यज्ञम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)