Mantra 8
Rishi: Traditionally ascribed within Agni-hymn transmission; in VS usage treated as Śruti-mantra (often linked to Yājñavalkya’s redactional lineage rather than a single ṛṣi)
Devata: Agni (as Pāvaka; also as Devavāhana)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (mantric prose/ṛc adaptation; to be verified against pada count in recensional metrics)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने॑ पावक रो॒चिषा॑ म॒न्द्रया॑ देव जि॒ह्वया॑ । आ दे॒वान् व॑क्षि॒ यक्षि॑ च
Transliteration
ágne pāvaka rocíṣā mandráyā deva jihváyā | ā devā́n vakṣi yákṣi ca
Translation
ഹേ അഗ്നേ, പാവകാ! നിന്റെ പ്രകാശത്താൽ, നിന്റെ ആനന്ദദായകമായ ദേവസദൃശ ജിഹ്വയാൽ—ദേവന്മാരെ ഇവിടെ കൊണ്ടുവരിക; അവർക്കായി യജ്ഞം നിർവഹിക്കയും ചെയ്യുക.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अग्ने । पावक । रोचिषा । मन्द्रया । देव । जिह्वया । आ । देवान् । वक्षि । यक्षि । च ।
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन (आह्वान)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
पावकO purifier
पावक:
सम्बोधन (अग्ने का विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपावक- (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘पवित्रे’ से)
रोचिषाwith (your) radiance
रोचिषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरोचिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्द्रयाwith the gladdening/pleasant
मन्द्रया:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द्रा- (प्रातिपदिक)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन (अग्ने का विशेषण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
जिह्वयाwith (your) tongue
जिह्वया:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा- (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither; towards (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
वक्षिbring/carry (hither)!
वक्षि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति) + आ-; वैदिक रूप ‘वक्षि’
यक्षिworship/sacrifice (to them)!
यक्षि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√यज् (यजति) ; वैदिक रूप ‘यक्षि’
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
Entities Mentioned
A
Agni (Pāvaka)A
Agni (Devavāhana)D
Devas (collective)Ritual Context
Viniyoga (Ritual Application)
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