Rig Veda 8.43.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 43, Mantra 12
Sukta 8.43
Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत त्वा नमसा वयं होतर्वरेण्यक्रतो । अग्ने समिद्भिरीमहे ॥
Transliteration
utá tvā námasā vayáṃ hótar váreṇya-krato | ágne samíd-bhir īmahe ||
Translation
आणि नमस्काराने, हे होतृ, हे वरेण्य-क्रतु अग्नी, आम्ही तुला इच्छितो; समिधांनी आम्ही तुला आवाहन करतो.
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
त्वाyou (as object): you
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
नमसाwith reverence, with homage
नमसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
होतर्वरेण्यक्रतोO Hotar (priest), O you of excellent/choice resolve
होतर्वरेण्यक्रतो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun + Adjective (vocative compound)
Rootहोतृ + वरेण्य + क्रतु
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
समिद्भिःwith kindling-sticks, with fuel
समिद्भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootसमिध्
ईमहेwe seek, we implore, we worship
ईमहे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootई (ईङ्) / इ (वेद. ‘ईमहे’ = ‘याचामहे/प्रार्थयामहे’)
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