Mantra 49
Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within the Agnicayana corpus to seer-lineages of the ritualists (ṛṣayaḥ as collective); specific attribution uncertain in VS 15
Devata: Agni (as heavenly/solar Agni; nāka-bandhu)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (predominant cadence; mixed pāda-length possible)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
येन॒ ऋष॑य॒स्तप॑सा स॒त्रमाय॒न्निन्धा॑ना अ॒ग्निᳪ स्व॑रा॒भर॑न्तः । तस्मि॑न्न॒हं नि द॑धे॒ नाके॑ अ॒ग्निं यमा॒हुर्मन॑व स्ती॒र्णब॑र्हिषम्
Transliteration
yéna r̄́ṣayas tápasā satrám ā́yan índhānā agníṃ svàrā́bharantaḥ | tásminn aháṃ ní dadhé nā́ke agníṃ yám āhúr mánavaḥ stī́rṇabarhiṣam
Translation
ഋഷിമാർ തപസ്സാൽ സത്രത്തിലേക്ക് (യജ്ഞസത്രം) പോയത്—അഗ്നിയെ ജ്വലിപ്പിച്ച്, സ്വർഗീയ പ്രകാശങ്ങളെ മുന്നോട്ട് വഹിച്ച്—അതിനുള്ളിൽ തന്നെയാണ് ഞാൻ ഇപ്പോൾ നാകത്തിൽ (ആകാശമണ്ഡലത്തിൽ) അഗ്നിയെ സ്ഥാപിക്കുന്നത്; അവനെയാണ് മനുവിന്റെ പുത്രന്മാർ ‘സ്തീർണബർഹിഷ്’ (വിരിച്ച ബർഹിഷുള്ള) അഗ്നി എന്നു വിളിക്കുന്നത്.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
येन । ऋषयः । तपसा । सत्रम् । आयन् । इन्धानाः । अग्निम् । स्वराः । अभरन्तः । तस्मिन् । अहम् । नि । दधे । नाके । अग्निम् । यम् । आहुः । मनवः । स्तीर्ण-बर्हिषम् ।
Word by Word
येनby which; with which
येन:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य
ऋषयःthe seers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
तपसाby austerity; by heat/penance
तपसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सत्रम्the sattra (session-sacrifice)
सत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आयन्they went to; they approached/undertook
आयन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइ (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
इन्धानाःkindling; enkindling
इन्धानाः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootइन्ध् (धातु) → इन्धान (शानच्-कृदन्त, आत्मनेपदी)
अग्निम्Agni; the fire
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वराभरन्तःbringing/producing the स्वर (heavenly light/chanting tone)
स्वराभरन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Root√भृ (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग); ‘स्वर’ (प्रातिपदिक) उपपद-समासः
तस्मिन्in that (place/realm); therein
तस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
निdown; in; firmly
नि:
(क्रिया-विशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दधेI have placed; I set
दधे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग)
नाकेin heaven; in the celestial realm
नाके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनाक (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni; the fire
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
यम्whom; which
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आहुःthey have said; they call
आहुः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु)
मनवःthe Manus; men (descendants of Manu)
मनवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
स्तीर्णबर्हिषम्(Agni) having the sacrificial grass spread; with strewn barhis
स्तीर्णबर्हिषम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक) + √स्तॄ (धातु) → स्तीर्ण (क्त-कृदन्त); बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः
Entities Mentioned
A
Agni (Nāka-Agni / heavenly-solar Agni)Ṛ
Ṛṣayaḥ (Seers, collective)M
Manavaḥ (sons/line of Manu)Ritual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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