Mantra 76
Rishi: Vājasaneyin tradition (uncertain specific attribution).
Devata: Agni.
Chandas: Jagatī/Tr̥ṣṭubh-like (ṛc-style fragment; VS transmission).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रेद्धो॑ अग्ने दीदिहि पु॒रो नऽज॑स्रया सू॒र्म्या॒ यविष्ठ । त्वाᳪ शश्व॑न्त॒ उप॑ यन्ति॒ वाजा॑:
Transliteration
préd-dho agne dīdihi puró na ajásrayā sū́rmyā yaviṣṭha | tvā́ṃ śaśvántá úpa yanti vā́jāḥ
Translation
அக்னியே! எரியூட்டப்பட்டவனாய் பிரகாசித்து எரிக; முன்னணியில் நிற்பவனைப் போல, இடையறாத சூரிய-ஒளியுடன், யவிஷ்ட (மிக இளைய)வனே! உன்னிடமே எப்போதும் வாஜங்கள் (வெற்றி/பரிசுகள்) அணைகின்றன.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
प्र-इ॒द्धः॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । दी॒दि॒हि॒ । पु॒रः । न॒ । अ॒ज॒स्र॑या । सू॒र्म्या॒ । यविष्ठ । त्वाम् । शश्व॑न्तः । उप॑ । य॒न्ति॒ । वाजाः॑
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
एद्धःkindled, enkindled
एद्धः:
Kartā (of दीदिहि, as addressed)
TypeVerb-derived adjective (past passive participle)
Rootइध्
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
दीदिहिshine forth! blaze!
दीदिहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदीदिहि (√दीप्/√दिप् ‘to shine’, intensive stem दीदि-)
पुरःin front, before
पुरः:
Adhikaraṇa (direction/position with the action)
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial accusative)
Rootपुरस्
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अजस्रयाunceasingly, without interruption
अजस्रया:
Karaṇa (manner/means: ‘unceasingly’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअजस्र
सूर्म्याwith a flame (with a blazing tongue)
सूर्म्या:
Karaṇa (by/with a flame)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्मि
यविष्ठO youngest (most youthful)
यविष्ठ:
Sambodhana (address to Agni)
TypeAdjective
Rootयविष्ठ (superlative of युवा/युवन् ‘young’)
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma (object of यन्ति)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
शश्वन्तःeverlasting ones; ever-recurring (worshippers)
शश्वन्तः:
Kartā (of यन्ति)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशश्वत्
उपnear, towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप
यन्तिthey go, they come
यन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया
वाजाःprizes; strengths; bounties
वाजाः:
Kartā (apposition to शश्वन्तः) / or subject emphasizing ‘prizes/strengths’
TypeNoun
Rootवाज
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