Rig Veda 6.52.12 — Mandala 6, Sukta 52, Mantra 12

Sukta 6.52

Rishi: Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya) tradition

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ and ritual intelligence)

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; needs syllable verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इमं नो अग्ने अध्वरं होतर्वयुनशो यज । चिकित्वान्दैव्यं जनम् ॥

Transliteration

imáṃ no agne adhvaráṃ hótar vayunaśó yaja | cikitvā́n daívyaṃ jánam ||

Translation

ข้าแต่อัคนี (Agni) โหตฤ (hotṛ) แห่งพิธีบูชาที่ดำเนินไปตามทาง จงประกอบยัญนี้เพื่อเราด้วยปรีชาญาณอันแยบคาย; ผู้รู้ชัดแล้ว จงถวายแด่หมู่ชนทิพย์ (daivya jana)—แด่พลังทั้งหลายที่ก่อร่างความเป็นเทพในเรา.

Word by Word

• इमम्: this (him/it)
• इमम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitival)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्वरम्: sacrifice, rite
• अध्वरम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• होतर्वयुनशः: O Hotar, (you) of ritual skill/insight
• होतर्वयुनशः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Compound (epithet)
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक) + वयुनशस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘skilled/wise in ritual ways’)

• यज: sacrifice! / worship! / perform the offering!
• यज: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• चिकित्वान्: knowing, discerning
• चिकित्वान्: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (agentive, perfective sense)
• Root: चित् (धातु; ‘to perceive/know’) → कृत्-प्रत्ययः -वान् (क्तवत्-समर्थ)

• दैव्यम्: divine
• दैव्यम्: कर्म (जनम् इति विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + यत्-प्रत्ययः (दैव्य)

• जनम्: people, race, folk
• जनम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा जन (नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक) ‘people/folk’