Rig Veda 3.28.2: Mandala 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 2
Sukta 3.28
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (family attribution)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely; verify by pada count in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पुरोळा अग्ने पचतस्तुभ्यं वा घा परिष्कृतः । तं जुषस्व यविष्ठ्य ॥
Transliteration
puroḷā́ agne pacatáḥ túbhyaṃ vā ghā pári-kṛtaḥ | táṃ juṣasva yáviṣṭhya ||
Translation
ഹേ അഗ്നേ, പുരോഡാശങ്ങൾ നിനക്കായി പാകം ചെയ്യപ്പെടുന്നു; അവ സത്യമായും പരിഷ്കൃതമായി പൂർണ്ണമായി തയ്യാറായിരിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ യവിഷ്ഠ്യ (സദാ നവീന), ആ അർപ്പണം സ്വീകരിക്കണമേ.
Word by Word
पुरोळाःthe puroḷāś-cakes (sacrificial rice-cakes)
पुरोळाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपुरोळाश् (प्रातिपदिक) < पुरस् + ओळाश् (यज्ञीय-भक्ष्य)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
पचतस्you two cook / are cooking
पचतस्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पच् (पचति)
तुभ्यम्for you
तुभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाor / indeed
वा:
(समुच्चय/विकल्प)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
घindeed, surely
घ:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (निपात)
परिष्कृतःprepared, made ready, duly arranged
परिष्कृतः:
(कर्मणि-विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootपरि + √कृ (कृणोति) → परिष्कृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्that (him/it)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वenjoy, accept graciously
जुषस्व:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जुष् (जुषते)
यविष्ठ्यO youngest (Agni)
यविष्ठ्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
Rootयविष्ठ्य (अग्नेः विशेषण; प्रातिपदिक, यविष्ठ ‘youngest/most youthful’)
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