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Rig Veda 10.46.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 46, Mantra 4

Sukta 10.46

Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

मन्द्रं होतारमुशिजो नमोभिः प्राञ्चं यज्ञं नेतारमध्वराणाम् । विशामकृण्वन्नरतिं पावकं हव्यवाहं दधतो मानुषेषु ॥

mandráṃ hótāram uśíjo námo-bhiḥ prā́ñcaṃ yajñáṃ netā́ram adhvarā́ṇām | viśā́m akṛṇvann aratíṃ pāvakáṃ havya-vā́haṃ dádhato mā́nuṣeṣu ||

With acts of reverence the flame-seekers fashioned the gladdening Hotṛ, the forward-leading sacrifice, the guide of the paths of offering. They made him the purifier and true conductor for the peoples, establishing the bearer of the oblation among human beings.

मन्द्रम्gladdening, pleasant
मन्द्रम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘होतारम्’ विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
होतारम्the Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
होतारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ- (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘यज्/आह्वान’)
उशिजःof the Uśij (name/epithet; often of Agni/Hotṛ)
उशिजः:
सम्बन्ध (होतारम्—‘उशिजः’ = उशिज्-सम्बद्धम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउशिज्- (प्रातिपदिक)
नमोभिःwith obeisances, with reverences
नमोभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
प्राञ्चम्forward-facing, directed onward
प्राञ्चम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘यज्ञम्’ विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राञ्च्- (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्sacrifice, ritual
यज्ञम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ- (प्रातिपदिक; √यज्)
नेतारम्leader, guide
नेतारम्:
कर्म (अपि ‘होतारम्’ इत्यस्य समन्वयः—‘leader/guide’)
TypeNoun
Rootनेतृ- (प्रातिपदिक; √नी)
अध्वराणाम्of the rites/ceremonies
अध्वराणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (नेतारम्—कस्य? अध्वराणाम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर- (प्रातिपदिक)
विशाम्of the clans/peoples
विशाम्:
सम्बन्ध (अकृण्वन्—कस्य? विशाम्)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्- (प्रातिपदिक)
अकृण्वन्they made, they fashioned
अकृण्वन्:
क्रिया (कर्तृ-बहुवचन; ‘ते’/‘जनाः’ इत्यादि अव्यक्त-कर्तृ)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ
अरतिम्order/arrangement; (also) readiness/service
अरतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअरति- (प्रातिपदिक)
पावकम्purifying, bright
पावकम्:
कर्म (विशेषणरूपेण ‘हव्यवाहम्’ विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective
Rootपावक- (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘शोधने’)
हव्यवाहम्the oblation-carrier (Agni)
हव्यवाहम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहव्यवाह- (प्रातिपदिक; हव्या + वाह)
दधतःof (those) placing/establishing
दधतः:
सम्बन्ध (मानुषेषु—‘of those placing/establishing’)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√धा
मानुषेषुamong men, in human (dwellings)
मानुषेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमानुष- (प्रातिपदिक)

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