Rig Veda 3.20.3: Mandala 3, Sukta 20, Mantra 3
Sukta 3.20
Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अग्ने भूरीणि तव जातवेदो देव स्वधावोऽमृतस्य नाम । याश्च माया मायिनां विश्वमिन्व त्वे पूर्वीः संदधुः पृष्टबन्धो ॥
Transliteration
agne bhūrī́ṇi táva jātavedo devá svadhāvo ’mṛ́tasya nā́ma | yā́ś ca māyā́ māyínāṃ viśvám-inva tvé pūrvī́ḥ sáṃdadhúḥ pṛṣṭabándho ||
Translation
阿耆尼啊，生知者（Jātavedas），神圣而自具威能者，你有无数不死之名。又那诸多“成形之力”——诸造作者（māyin）驱策万有的幻力（māyā）——自远古以来都在你之中调和汇聚；你是系连诸界的知者，具“背系之纽”（pṛṣṭa-bandhu）。
Word by Word
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि-
भूरीणिmany (things/names)
भूरीणि:
कर्म (नामानि/वस्तूनि) / विधेय
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootभूरि-
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्- (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (knower of births / all beings)
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजातवेदस्-
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootदेव-
स्वधावःO possessor of svadhā (innate power/ritual potency)
स्वधावः:
सम्बोधन (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootस्वधावन्-
अमृतस्यof immortality / of the immortal (nectar/state)
अमृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत-
नामname
नाम:
कर्म/विधेय
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्-
याःwhich (those)
याः:
कर्तृ (संदधुः)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्-
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मायाःpowers of illusion / wondrous arts
मायाः:
कर्तृ (याः … संदधुः) (याः = मायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootमाया-
मायिनाम्of the magicians / of the possessors of māyā
मायिनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमायिन्-
विश्वमिन्वO all-stirring / all-pervading one
विश्वमिन्व:
सम्बोधन (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootविश्वमिन्व- (विश्वम् + इन्व, from √इव्/इन्व् ‘to set in motion, impel, pervade’)
त्वेin you
त्वे:
अधिकरण
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्- (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वीःthe former/ancient (ones)
पूर्वीः:
कर्तृ (संदधुः)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपूर्व-
संदधुःthey have put together / have arranged
संदधुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + √धा
पृष्टबन्धोO you whose bond is firm/close (lit. ‘with joined/fastened connection’)
पृष्टबन्धो:
सम्बोधन (अग्नेः विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपृष्टबन्धु-
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