Rig Veda 8.60.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 60, Mantra 17
Sukta 8.60
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्निमग्निं वो अध्रिगुं हुवेम वृक्तबर्हिषः । अग्निं हितप्रयसः शश्वतीष्वा होतारं चर्षणीनाम् ॥
Transliteration
agním-agníṃ vo ádhri-guṃ huvéma vṛktá-barhiṣaḥ | agníṃ hitá-prayasaḥ śaśvatī́ṣv ā́ hotā́raṃ carṣaṇīnā́m ||
Translation
Agni demi Agni kami seru bagimu—teguh dalam kekuatannya—wahai yang beralas suci terhampar. Agni kami panggil, kami yang menyusun persembahan dengan tertib: Hotṛ yang abadi bagi umat-umat.
Word by Word
अग्निम्Agni (as object of invocation/praise)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni again (repeated: ‘Agni, Agni’)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
वःof you / your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
अध्रिगुम्the ‘अध्रिगु’ one (an epithet of Agni; lit. ‘with firm/unyielding…’, traditional epithet)
अध्रिगुम्:
कर्म (विशेष्य ‘अग्निम्’ का विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootअध्रिगु- (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नेः विशेषण)
हुवेमwe have invoked / we invoke
हुवेम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति/ह्वयते) ‘to call, invoke’
वृक्तबर्हिषः(we) whose barhis is trimmed/spread (i.e., with prepared sacrificial grass)
वृक्तबर्हिषः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective/Noun-compound (bahuvrīhi used substantively)
Rootवृक्त- (PPP of √वृज्/√वृक् ‘to cut/trim’) + बर्हिस्- ‘sacrificial grass’
अग्निम्Agni
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
हितप्रयसः(we) having the offering set/ready; with prepared oblations
हितप्रयसः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective/Noun-compound (bahuvrīhi used substantively)
Rootहित- (PPP of √धा ‘to place’ > ‘set/appointed’) + प्रयस्- ‘refreshment/oblation, offering’
शश्वतीषुin continual (recurring) times / ever and again
शश्वतीषु:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective (used substantively with implied ‘स्त्रीषु/ऋतुषु/रात्रिषु’ etc. = ‘in continual (times)’)
Rootशश्वत्- ‘ever, continual’ (स्त्री. बहु. loc.)
आtowards, hither; up (as preverb)
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
होतारम्the Hotar (invoking priest)
होतारम्:
कर्म (अग्निम् के अप्पोज़िशन में)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ- ‘hotar, invoking priest’
चर्षणीनाम्of the peoples / of the clans
चर्षणीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootचर्षणि- ‘men, peoples, clans’
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