Rig Veda 1.36.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 36, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.36

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva lineage; RV 1.36 is Kaṇva-associated)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī (hymn RV 1.36 is predominantly Gāyatrī)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वो यह्वं पुरूणां विशां देवयतीनाम् । अग्निं सूक्तेभिर्वचोभिरीमहे यं सीमिदन्य ईळते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.36.1

Transliteration

prá vo yáhvaṃ purūṇā́ṃ viśā́ṃ deva-yatī́nām | agníṃ sūktébhir vácobhir īmahe yáṃ sīm íd anyá īḷate ||

Translation

Ke hadapan-Mu kami persembahkan Agni yang perkasa bagi banyak bangsa yang mendambakan Yang Ilahi; dengan kidung-kidung yang teranyam indah dan kata-kata pujian kami memohon kepada-Nya—Dia yang sesungguhnya turut dipuja oleh yang lain.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वः: of you; for you
• वः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for you) / संबन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• यह्वम्: the mighty/impetuous (one)
• यह्वम्: Karma (object; epithet of Agni)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यह्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरूणाम्: of many
• पुरूणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु (प्रातिपदिक)

• विशाम्: of the clans/peoples
• विशाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवयतीनाम्: of the god-seeking/devout (women/peoples)
• देवयतीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (qualifier of viśām)
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: देवयन्ती (देवय √यत्/यत् ‘to strive/seek’, present participle feminine)

• अग्निम्: Agni (Fire-god)
• अग्निम्: Karma (object of īmahe)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूक्तेभिः: with well-spoken hymns
• सूक्तेभिः: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूक्त (सु-उक्त) (प्रातिपदिक)

• वचोभिः: with words/utterances
• वचोभिः: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we seek/implore
• ईमहे: Kartā (we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (आत्मनेपद; desiderative/precative-like Vedic usage ‘to seek, to strive for’)

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma (object of īḷate; relative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्

• सीम्: indeed, just
• सीम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सीम् (enclitic particle)

• इद्: indeed
• इद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इद् (particle)

• अन्यः: another; each other (one)
• अन्यः: Kartā (subject of īḷate)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईळते: praises/invokes
• ईळते: Kartā (he/one) with Karma = yam
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईळ्/√ईड् (Vedic) ‘to praise, to invoke’