Rig Veda 1.44.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 44, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.44
Devata: Agni
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अद्या दूतं वृणीमहे वसुमग्निं पुरुप्रियम् । धूमकेतुं भाऋजीकं व्युष्टिषु यज्ञानामध्वरश्रियम् ॥
Transliteration
adyā́ dūtáṃ vṛṇīmahe vásum agníṃ purupriyám | dhūmakétuṃ bhā́ṛjīkaṃ vyùṣṭiṣu yajñā́nām adhvaraśríyam ||
Translation
Today we choose as messenger the good treasure—Agni, beloved of many. The smoke-bannered, radiant-keen, he is the beauty of the sacrifice in the dawn-unfoldings, the splendour that leads the rite on its way.
Word by Word
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
दूतम्messenger
दूतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
वृणीमहेwe choose
वृणीमहे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणीते) ‘to choose’
वसुम्good/wealth-bringing, excellent
वसुम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni (fire-god)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरुप्रियम्dear to many, much-beloved
पुरुप्रियम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु-प्रिय (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
धूमकेतुम्smoke-bannered (Agni), having smoke as a sign
धूमकेतुम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootधूम-केतु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
भाऋजीकम्bright, radiant (epithet)
भाऋजीकम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभाऋजीक (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक विशेषण)
व्युष्टिषुat the dawns, in the breakings of day
व्युष्टिषु:
Adhikaraṇa (देश/काल-अधिकारण)
TypeNoun
Rootव्युष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञानाम्of the sacrifices
यज्ञानाम्:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
अध्वरश्रियम्the glory/beauty of the rite (adhvara)
अध्वरश्रियम्:
Karma (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअध्वर-श्री (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.