Rig Veda 1.74.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 74, Mantra 1
Sukta 1.74
Rishi: Gopavana Ātreya (traditional for RV 1.74)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; short 3-pāda structure typical of gāyatrī in this hymn style)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उपप्रयन्तो अध्वरं मन्त्रं वोचेमाग्नये । आरे अस्मे च शृण्वते ॥
Transliteration
upa-prayánto adhvaráṃ mántraṃ vocemā́gnáye | āré asmè ca śṛṇvaté ||
Translation
เมื่อเราก้าวเข้าไปสู่พิธีบูชา (adhvara) ขอให้เรากล่าวมนตร์ (mantra) แด่อัคนี; ขอให้ท่านทรงสดับเรา ทั้งจากแดนไกล และ ณ ที่นี่ใกล้มือ
Word by Word
उपnear, towards (prefix: ‘up/near’)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
प्रयन्तःapproaching, going forward
प्रयन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participial)
Rootया (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
अध्वरम्the sacrifice, ritual
अध्वरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्त्रम्hymn, sacred formula
मन्त्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वःyour, of you
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वोचेमmay we speak / let us utter
वोचेम:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
अग्नयेto Agni
अग्नये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
आरेfar away, away
आरे:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआरे (निपात/अव्यय)
अस्मेin us / for us
अस्मे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
शृण्वतेto (him) who listens / to the hearer
शृण्वते:
Sampradāna
TypeVerb (participial)
Rootश्रु (धातु)
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