Rig Veda 3.28.1: Mandala 3, Sukta 28, Mantra 1
Sukta 3.28
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (attributed to the Viśvāmitra family for Maṇḍala 3; hymn-level attribution may vary by recension)
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (predominant in RV 3.28; verse-level scansion may show variation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने जुषस्व नो हविः पुरोळाशं जातवेदः । प्रातःसावे धियावसो ॥
Transliteration
ágné juṣásva no havíḥ puroḷā́śaṃ jātavedāḥ | prātáḥ-sā́ve dhiyāvaso ||
Translation
اے اگنی، ہماری ہدیہ قبول کر، یہ تیار کردہ قربانی کا کیک، اے جنموں کے جاننے والے۔ صبح کے وقت ہماری الہامی سوچ کو جگا اور بڑھا تاکہ وہ ہمیں لے جائے۔
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वtake pleasure in / accept
जुषस्व:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Root√जुष् (सेवने/प्रीतौ)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)
हविःoblation
हविः:
कर्म (object of जुषस्व)
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरोळाशम्the sacrificial cake (puroḍāśa)
पुरोळाशम्:
कर्म (apposition to हविः)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरोळाश- (प्रातिपदिक)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni, ‘knower of births/creatures’)
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजातवेदस्- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः)
प्रातःसावेat the morning pressing/rite
प्रातःसावे:
अधिकरण (time)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootप्रातः (अव्यय) + सव- (प्रातिपदिक) → प्रातःसव-
धियावसोO thou rich in/abiding in sacred thought
धियावसो:
सम्बोधन (address; epithet of Agni)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootधियावस्- (प्रातिपदिक; धिया + वस् ‘dwelling/abiding’ → ‘having/abiding in thought’)
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