Rig Veda 7.14.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 14, Mantra 1
Sukta 7.14
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7)
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; 3 pādas feel, but verse is in RV style—meter tagging here remains probabilistic)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समिधा जातवेदसे देवाय देवहूतिभिः । हविर्भिः शुक्रशोचिषे नमस्विनो वयं दाशेमाग्नये ॥
Transliteration
sam-ídhā jā́ta-vedase devā́ya deva-hū́tibhiḥ | havír-bhiḥ śukrá-śociṣe namasvíno vayáṃ dāśemā́gnaye ||
Translation
ഞങ്ങൾ സമിധയാൽ ജാതവേദസനായ ദേവനെ, ദേവന്മാരെ വിളിച്ചുവരുത്തുന്ന ദേവഹൂതികളാൽ സേവിക്കുന്നു; ഹവിസ്സുകളാൽ പ്രകാശജ്വാലയുള്ളവൻ (ശുക്രശോചിഷ്)ക്ക് അർപ്പിക്കുന്നു. നമസ്കാരഭാവത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞ ഞങ്ങൾ അഗ്നിക്കായി ഞങ്ങളുടെ ദാന-അർപ്പണം നടത്തട്ടെ.
Word by Word
समिधाwith kindling-stick / with fuel
समिधा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमिध् (प्रातिपदिक: समिध्/समिधा)
जातवेदसेto Jātavedas (Agni), the all-knowing
जातवेदसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवायto the god
देवाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
देवहूतिभिःwith invocations that call the gods
देवहूतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदेवहूति (प्रातिपदिक; देव + हूति)
हविर्भिःwith oblations
हविर्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
शुक्रशोचिषेto (him) of bright/flashing flame
शुक्रशोचिषे:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootशुक्रशोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक; शुक्र + शोचिस्)
नमस्विनःwe, the reverent (worshippers)
नमस्विनः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootनमस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दाशेमmay we offer / may we render worship
दाशेम:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदाश् (धातु; ‘to offer, worship, give’)
अग्नयेto Agni
अग्नये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
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