Rig Veda 1.74.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 74, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.74

Rishi: Gotama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional; verify against your Anukramaṇī source)

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ and Devayāna carrier)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; confirm metrically)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ च वहासि ताँ इह देवाँ उप प्रशस्तये । हव्या सुश्चन्द्र वीतये ॥

Transliteration

ā́ ca vahāsi tā́m̐ iha devā́m̐ úpa práśastaye | havyā́ su-candra vītáye ||

Translation

And thou bringest them here—the gods—near for the perfect praise, O fair-radiant one, for the joyful acceptance of the offerings.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (preverb ‘to/near’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात) / ca

• वहासि: you convey/bring
• वहासि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति) / vah ‘to carry, convey, bring’

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / tad

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय) / iha

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) / deva

• उप: near, up to
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / upa

• प्रशस्तये: for praise (for the act of laudation)
• प्रशस्तये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशस्ति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) / praśasti ‘praise, laudation’

• हव्या: oblations (offerings)
• हव्या: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य (नपुं. प्रातिपदिक) / havya ‘oblation, that which is to be offered’

• सुश्चन्द्र: O bright/shining one
• सुश्चन्द्र: —
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: सु- + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / suścandra ‘very bright, fair-shining’

• वीतये: for the (ritual) enjoyment/feast (participation)
• वीतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीति (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) / vīti ‘enjoyment, feast; (ritual) reception/participation’