Rig Veda 1.60.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 60, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.60

Rishi: Gautama (Gautamāsaḥ tradition for RV 1.60)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 1.60; verse-length and cadence consistent)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उशिक्पावको वसुर्मानुषेषु वरेण्यो होताधायि विक्षु । दमूना गृहपतिर्दम आँ अग्निर्भुवद्रयिपती रयीणाम् ॥

Transliteration

uśík-pāvako vásur mā́nuṣeṣu váreṇyo hótādhāyi vikṣú | damū́nā gṛhápatiḥ dáma ā́ agnír bhúvad rayipátī rayīṇā́m ||

Translation

Пламенный, очищенный, светозарный — истинное Сокровище среди людей — достойный избрания Хотар поставлен в родах. Домовитый, владыка дома, Агни входит в наше обитание и становится господином богатств (rayí), хранителем изобилий.

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Word by Word

• उशिक्: Uśik (a name/epithet of Agni)
• उशिक्: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: उशिक्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘उशिक्’ = उषस्/उष्-सम्बद्ध ‘उश्’ ‘to desire/shine’ से व्युत्पन्न वैदिक नाम)

• पावकः: the purifier
• पावकः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पावक- (पुं; √पू ‘to purify’ से)

• वसुः: the good one; the beneficent/wealth-giver
• वसुः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वसु- (पुं; ‘good/wealth’)

• मानुषेषु: among humans
• मानुषेषु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘human’)

• वरेण्यः: worthy to be chosen
• वरेण्यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य- (adj.; √वृ ‘to choose’)

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
• होता: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ- (पुं; √हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’)

• अधायि: was established/was set
• अधायि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (to place/establish)

• विक्षु: among the clans/peoples
• विक्षु: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्- (स्त्री; ‘clan/settlement, people’)

• दमूना: dwelling in the house; domestic
• दमूना: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दमून- (adj.; ‘house-abiding’, दम ‘house’ से)

• गृहपतिः: lord of the house
• गृहपतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहपति- (पुं; गृह + पति)

• दमे: in the house
• दमे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम- (पुं; ‘house’)

• आ: towards; indeed (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (पुं)

• भुवत्: became
• भुवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (to be, become)

• रयिपतिः: lord of wealth
• रयिपतिः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयिपति- (पुं; रयि ‘wealth’ + पति)

• रयीणाम्: of riches/wealths
• रयीणाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि- (पुं; ‘wealth’)