Rig Veda 7.15.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 15, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.15

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; short verse)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उपसद्याय मीळ्हुष आस्ये जुहुता हविः । यो नो नेदिष्ठमाप्यम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.15.1

Transliteration

upa-sádyāya mīḷhúṣa āsýे juhutā havíḥ | yó no nédiṣṭham ā́pyam ||

Translation

Hampirilah; curahkanlah havis ke dalam mulut Yang Pemurah (Agni), yang dekat di sisi—dia yang bagi kami ialah sandaran terdalam yang paling hampir, kepenuhan yang menghidupkan.

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Word by Word

• उपसद्याय: to Upasadya (the Upasad/attendant rite/deity)
• उपसद्याय: सम्प्रदान (यस्यार्थे/यस्य प्रति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसद् (प्रातिपदिक; उप-√सद् ‘to sit/attend’ → ‘attendance, session’; here as a deity-name/ritual term)

• मीळ्हुषः: of the bountiful one
• मीळ्हुषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मीळ्हु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful, gracious’; RV epithet)

• आस्ये: in the mouth / at the mouth
• आस्ये: अधिकरण (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mouth, face’)

• जुहुता: you two should offer / pour (as oblation)
• जुहुता: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (जुहोति ‘to pour/offer’)

• हविः: the oblation
• हविः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘oblation’)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (relative subject)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• नेदिष्ठम्: nearest, most intimate
• नेदिष्ठम्: विशेषण (of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नेदिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of ‘near’ < *निद/नेद ‘near’)

• आप्यम्: the watery (refreshment/aid), water-born (boon)
• आप्यम्: कर्म (object of an implied verb like ‘attain/seek’ in the relative clause)
• Type: Adjective/Substantive
• Root: आप्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘belonging to/coming from the waters’; also ‘refreshing, watery’)