Rig Veda 3.10.5: Mandala 3, Sukta 10, Mantra 5

Sukta 3.10

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (traditional for RV 3.10)

Devata: Agni (as Hotṛ/vedhas)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full-sūkta confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र होत्रे पूर्व्यं वचोऽग्नये भरता बृहत् । विपां ज्योतींषि बिभ्रते न वेधसे ॥

Transliteration

prá hotré pūrvyáṃ váco ’gnáye bharatā bṛhát | vipā́ṃ jyótīṃṣi bíbhrate ná vedháse ||

Translation

Hãy dâng lên ngọn Lửa tư tế—Agni—lời xưa cổ, lời rộng lớn và lan mở. Vì Ngài là Védhas, Đấng tạo tác, mang các ánh sáng của những bậc linh hứng, khiến sự chiếu soi ấy trở nên hữu hiệu trong công việc.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• होत्रे: to the Hotṛ-priest
• होत्रे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: होतृ (prātipadika; from √हु ‘to sacrifice/invoke’)

• पूर्व्यम्: ancient, primeval
• पूर्व्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व्य (adj. prātipadika; from पूर्व ‘former’)

• वचः: speech, utterance
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (prātipadika; from √वच् ‘to speak’)

• अग्नये: to Agni
• अग्नये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• भरत: bear, bring
• भरत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति)

• बृहत्: great, lofty
• बृहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (adj. prātipadika)

• विपाम्: of the inspired poets
• विपाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप् (prātipadika; ‘inspired singer/poet’, Vedic)

• ज्योतींषि: lights, splendors
• ज्योतींषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (prātipadika)

• बिभ्रते: to/for (him) bearing, carrying
• बिभ्रते: Sampradāna
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (bibhrati)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• वेधसे: to the wise one (Ve­dhas)
• वेधसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (prātipadika; ‘wise one/ordainer’, epithet esp. of Agni)