Rig Veda 1.24.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 24, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.24
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Agni (as mediator to Aditi)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm by metrical count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्नेर्वयं प्रथमस्यामृतानां मनामहे चारु देवस्य नाम । स नो मह्या अदितये पुनर्दात्पितरं च दृशेयं मातरं च ॥
Transliteration
agnér vayáṃ prathamásyā́mṛtānāṃ mánāmahe cā́ru devásya nā́ma | sá no mahyā́ áditaye púner dāt pitáraṃ ca dṛśéyaṃ mātáraṃ ca ||
Translation
अग्नेर्वयं प्रथमस्यामृतानां चारु देवस्य नाम मनामहे। स नो मह्यै अदितये पुनर्दात्, यथा पितरं च द्रशेयं मातरं च।
Word by Word
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि-
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्-
प्रथमस्यof the first (one)
प्रथमस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम-
अमृतानाम्of the immortals / of the immortal ones
अमृतानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत-
मनामहेwe think/revere
मनामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मन्यते/मनामहे) ‘to think, deem, revere’
चारुlovely, dear
चारु:
कर्म (of ‘मनामहे’ as ‘we deem [it] lovely’)
TypeAdjective
Rootचारु-
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-
नामname
नाम:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्-
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (of ‘दात्’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्-
नःto us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्-
मह्याःto the great (goddess) / to Mahī
मह्याः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootमही-
अदितयेto Aditi
अदितये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootअदिति-
पुनःagain
पुनः:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
दात्may he give
दात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√दा (ददाति) ‘to give’
पितरम्father
पितरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ-
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
दृशेयम्may I see
दृशेयम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् (पश्यति) ‘to see’
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ-
चand
च:
समुच्चय
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
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