Rig Veda 7.11.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 11, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.11

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 7)

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ; also as gatherer of Viśve Devāḥ)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; hymn of Maṇḍala 7 commonly in Triṣṭubh—needs metrical verification by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

महाँ अस्यध्वरस्य प्रकेतो न ऋते त्वदमृता मादयन्ते । आ विश्वेभिः सरथं याहि देवैर्न्यग्ने होता प्रथमः सदेह ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.11.1

Transliteration

mahā́m asyádhvarásya praketó ná ṛté tvád amṛ́tā mādayante | ā́ víśvebhiḥ sárathaṃ yāhi deváir ní agne hótā prathamáḥ sádehá ||

Translation

โอ้อัคนี ท่านคือปัญญาญาณอันกว้างใหญ่และรู้จำแนก (praketá) แห่งพิธีบูชานี้ (adhvara); หากปราศจากท่าน เหล่าอมฤตะ (amṛtāḥ) ย่อมไม่เข้าสู่ความปีติของตน จงมาพร้อมเทพทั้งปวง ด้วยใจเป็นหนึ่ง และด้วยรถคันเดียวกัน แล้วนั่งลง ณ ที่นี้เถิด โอ้อัคนี—เป็นโหตฤ (Hotṛ) องค์แรก ผู้เป็นผู้นำหน้าการถวายบูชา

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Word by Word

• म॒हाँ: great
• म॒हाँ: Kartā (विशेषण-रूपेण कर्तृसम्बन्धः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *megʰ-

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्व॒रस्य॑: of the sacrifice/rite
• अध्व॒रस्य॑: Sambandha (genitive; of the rite/sacrifice)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रके॒तः: the perceiver/manifest one; the wise guide
• प्रके॒तः: Kartā (नामपद; ‘(thou art) the manifest/knower’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकेत (प्रातिपदिक) = प्र-√चित्/केत् ‘to notice, appear’ (वेदिक ‘insight, manifestation’)

• न: not; (with ऋते) ‘except’
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• ऋ॒ते: without; except
• ऋ॒ते: Apādāna (exclusion: ‘apart from’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते (अव्यय; from √ऋ/ऋत ‘to go/fit’ > ‘apart from’)

• त्वत्: from you; than you
• त्वत्: Apādāna (source/exclusion with ऋते)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अ॒मृता॑: the immortals (gods)
• अ॒मृता॑: Kartā (of मादयन्ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)

• मादयन्ते: rejoice; are exhilarated
• मादयन्ते: Kriyā (predicate; action of the subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मद् (मदँ) ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’

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

• विश्वे॑भिः: with all
• विश्वे॑भिः: Karaṇa/Sahakāri (instrumental of accompaniment: ‘with all (the gods)’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• स॒रथं॑: together in one chariot
• स॒रथं॑: Adhikaraṇa (manner/association; ‘in one chariot, together’)
• Type: Adverbial (indeclinable-like accusative)
• Root: सरथ (प्रातिपदिक) = स-रथ ‘having the same chariot; together in one chariot’

• याहि: come; drive
• याहि: Kriyā (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (याऽ) ‘to go’

• दे॒वैः: with the gods
• दे॒वैः: Karaṇa/Sahakāri (with the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• नि: down; in
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग)

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

• होता: the Hotṛ-priest; invoker
• होता: Kartā (apposition to Agni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; agent noun from √हु ‘to sacrifice, offer’)

• प्रथ॒मः: first; foremost
• प्रथ॒मः: Kartā (as qualifier in apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)

• स॒दे॒ह: sit down; take your seat
• स॒दे॒ह: Kriyā (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (षदँ) ‘to sit’