Rig Veda 5.22.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 22, Mantra 1

Sukta 5.22

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (explicitly referenced atri-vat; hymn in Atri collection)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र विश्वसामन्नत्रिवदर्चा पावकशोचिषे । यो अध्वरेष्वीड्यो होता मन्द्रतमो विशि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.22.1

Transliteration

prá víśvasāmann atrivád arcā pāvakáśociṣe | yó adhvaréṣv ī́ḍyo hótā mandrátamo viśí ||

Translation

Śpiewaj, o uniwersalna pieśni, jak Atri by śpiewał, do oczyszczającego płomienia. Ten, kto w dziełach jest do znalezienia i czci, Hotar, najbardziej zachwycający w ludach, niech będzie potwierdzony naszym słowem.

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Word by Word

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

• विश्वसामन्: the all-(comprehensive) sāman/praise
• विश्वसामन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व-सामन् (prātipadika; tatpuruṣa: ‘all’ + ‘sāman/praise-song’)

• अत्रिवत्: like Atri
• अत्रिवत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial)
• Root: अत्रि + वत् (taddhita -vat)

• अर्च: praise, sing
• अर्च: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्च् (अर्चँ) ‘to praise, sing’

• पावकशोचिषे: to the purifying-flamed (Agni)
• पावकशोचिषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: पावक-शोचिस् (prātipadika; karmadhāraya: ‘purifying’ + ‘flame/splendour’)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā (of ‘होता’ / implied ‘is’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• अध्वरेषु: in the sacrifices
• अध्वरेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (prātipadika) ‘sacrifice, rite’

• ईड्यः: praiseworthy, to be invoked
• ईड्यः: Kartā (predicative attribute of ‘यः/होता’)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: ईड्य (kṛdanta from √ईड्/√ईळ् ‘to praise, invoke’)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
• होता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (agent noun from √हु ‘to pour/offer, sacrifice’)

• मन्द्रतमः: most delightful/most gladdening
• मन्द्रतमः: Kartā (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द्र-तम (adj.; ‘gladdening/pleasant’ + superlative -तम)

• विशि: among the people / in the clan
• विशि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश् (prātipadika) ‘clan, settlement, people’