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Rig Veda 10.52.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 52, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.52

Rishi: Agni/Hotṛ narrative voice
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

त्रीणि शता त्री सहस्राण्यग्निं त्रिंशच्च देवा नव चासपर्यन् । औक्षन्घृतैरस्तृणन्बर्हिरस्मा आदिद्धोतारं न्यसादयन्त ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.52.6

trī́ṇi śatā́ trī́ sahásrāṇy agníṃ triṃśác ca devā́ náva cāsaparyan | áukṣan ghṛtáir ástṛṇan bárhir asmai ā́d íd dhótāraṃ ny àsādayanta ||

Tiga ratus dan tiga ribu, dan tiga puluh serta sembilan—para Dewa berkhidmat kepada Agni. Mereka mengurapinya dengan ghṛta (ghee), cahaya yang dimurnikan, dan menghamparkan barhis, hamparan suci, untuknya; lalu sesungguhnya mereka mendudukkan Hotṛ—menegakkan api-imam dengan teguh di medan kerja.

त्रीणिthree
त्रीणि:
विशेषण (कर्म/प्रमेय-सम्बन्धः) — ‘शतानि’ इत्यस्य
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
शतानिhundreds
शतानि:
कर्म (असपर्यन् इत्यस्य) — ‘(they) served/worshipped’
TypeNoun
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रीthree
त्री:
विशेषण — ‘सहस्राणि’ इत्यस्य (वेदे स्त्रीरूप-प्रयोगः)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्राणिthousands
सहस्राणि:
कर्म (असपर्यन्) — ‘thousands (as offerings/acts)’
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni
अग्निम्:
कर्म (असपर्यन्) — object of worship/service
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रिंशत्thirty
त्रिंशत्:
कर्म (असपर्यन्) — ‘thirty (acts/offerings)’
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootत्रिंशत् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Root
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ (असपर्यन्/औक्षन्/अस्तृणन्/न्यसादयन्त) — subject
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
नवnine
नव:
कर्म (असपर्यन्) — ‘nine (acts/offerings)’
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootनव (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
and
:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Root
असपर्यन्they served/worshipped
असपर्यन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसप्/सपर्य् (धातु; ‘to serve, worship, attend’)
औक्षन्they sprinkled/anointed
औक्षन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootउक्ष् (धातु; ‘to sprinkle, pour, anoint’)
घृतैःwith ghee
घृतैः:
करण (औक्षन्) — instrument/means
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तृणन्they strewed/spread
अस्तृणन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्तृ (धातु; ‘to strew, spread’)
बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
कर्म (अस्तृणन्) — what was spread
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मैfor him
अस्मै:
सम्प्रदान (अस्तृणन्/औक्षन्) — ‘for him’ (Agni)
TypePronoun
Rootअयम्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आत्then
आत्:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआत् (अव्यय; ‘then, thereafter’)
इद्धोतारम्the kindled Hotṛ-priest (Agni as priest)
इद्धोतारम्:
कर्म (न्यसादयन्त) — whom they seated
TypeNoun (with participial qualifier)
Rootइद्ध (कृदन्त; √इन्ध् ‘to kindle’ → ‘kindled’) + होतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, into place
नि:
क्रियाविशेषण (न्यसादयन्त) — ‘down/into position’
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि
असादयन्तthey seated/installed
असादयन्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसादय् (णिजन्त; causative of √सद् ‘to sit’ → ‘to cause to sit/seat’)

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