Rig Veda 3.28.6 — Mandala 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 6
Sukta 3.28
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (family attribution)
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने वृधान आहुतिं पुरोळाशं जातवेदः । जुषस्व तिरोअह्न्यम् ॥
Transliteration
ágné vṛdhāná āhútiṃ puroḷā́śaṃ jātavedāḥ | juṣásva tiró-ahnyam ||
Translation
ഹേ അഗ്നേ, വർദ്ധിമാനനേ, ഹേ ജാതവേദസേ, അർപ്പിച്ച ആഹുതി—പുരോൾാശം (യജ്ഞകേക്ക്)—പ്രസാദത്തോടെ സ്വീകരിക്കണമേ; തിരോഅഹ്ന്യമായ ഈ അർപ്പണം സ്വീകരിക്കണമേ, അത് നമ്മെ സാധാരണ ദിനത്തിന്റെ പരിധി കടത്തി പവിത്രമായ വിശാലതയിലേക്കു നയിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृधानःgrowing, increasing (in might)
वृधानः:
Kartā (of the implied action of accepting/enjoying)
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootवृध् (धातु) → वृधान- (कृदन्त, शानच्/शानन्)
आहुतिम्the oblation
आहुतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआ-हु (धातु) → आहुति- (स्त्री)
पुरोळाशम्the puroḍāśa (sacrificial cake)
पुरोळाशम्:
Karma (apposition to आहुतिम्)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरोळाश- (प्रातिपदिक; ritual cake)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni, ‘knower of births/creatures’)
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजात- (√जन्) + वेदस्- (√विद्) → जातवेदस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वenjoy/accept (graciously)
जुषस्व:
(मुख्य क्रिया) — Agni as Kartā; object = आहुतिम्/पुरोळाशम्
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु)
तिरोअह्न्यम्through the day; day-long
तिरोअह्न्यम्:
Karma (as qualifier of the object/act: ‘throughout the day’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Indeclinable-compound
Rootतिरस्-/तिरो- (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘across, through’) + अह्न्य- (अहन् ‘day’ से व्युत्पन्न विशेषण) → तिरोऽह्न्य-
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