Rig Veda 5.28.6: Mandala 5, Sukta 28, Mantra 6

Sukta 5.28

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ जुहोता दुवस्यताग्निं प्रयत्यध्वरे । वृणीध्वं हव्यवाहनम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.28.6

Transliteration

ā́ juhotā duvasyatā́gníṃ prayaty adhvaré | vṛṇīdhváṃ havya-vā́hanam ||

Translation

Vinde, fazei a libação; servi Agni com devoção no sacrifício que avança. Escolhei-o —o Havyavāhana, portador da oblação—, pois ele conduz a oferenda ao seu cumprimento divino.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• जुहोत: offer; pour (oblations)
• जुहोत: (with implied) Kartā: ‘you (priests)’
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (जुहोति) ‘to sacrifice, offer’

• दुवस्यत: worship; serve
• दुवस्यत: Kartā: ‘you’
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुवस् (noun ‘service, worship’) → denominative verb दुवस्यति ‘to serve/worship’

• अग्निम्: Agni (the Fire-god)
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• प्रयत्य: being intent; actively
• प्रयत्य: Kartā (qualifier of the agent) / adverbial to the action
• Type: Participle
• Root: प्र + यत् (यतते/यच्छति) ‘to strive, be active/intent’ → kṛdanta

• अध्वरे: in the sacrifice; at the rite
• अध्वरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (prātipadika) ‘sacrifice, rite’

• वृणीध्वम्: choose; select
• वृणीध्वम्: Kartā: ‘you’
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वृणोति/वृणीते) ‘to choose’

• हव्यवाहनम्: the oblation-carrier (Agni)
• हव्यवाहनम्: Karma (appositional to ‘Agni’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: हव्य-वाहन (compound: हव्य ‘oblation’ + वाहन ‘carrier’, from √वह ‘to carry’)