Rig Veda 8.75.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 75, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.75
Rishi: Unknown/uncertain.
Devata: Agni.
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires verification).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वं ह यद्यविष्ठ्य सहसः सूनवाहुत । ऋतावा यज्ञियो भुवः ॥
Transliteration
tváṃ ha yád yaviṣṭhya sáhasaḥ sūno āhuta | ṛtā́vā yajñíyo bhúvaḥ ||
Translation
你啊——当你被祈请之时，最年轻者、由力量（sahas）所生者——便成为守持 ṛta（真秩序）者；你成为应受祭献者，使我们的供献端直而光明。
Word by Word
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
यत्when/if; that
यत्:
—
TypePronoun (relative) / Indeclinable use
Rootयद् (सम्बन्ध/यत्-प्रातिपदिक)
यविष्ठ्यO youngest (Agni)
यविष्ठ्य:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootयविष्ठ्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; यविष्ठ = ‘youngest/most youthful’)
सहसःof might/strength
सहसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
सूनवO son
सूनव:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु (पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
आहुतO invoked/oblation-receiving one
आहुत:
सम्बोधन
TypeParticiple (past passive) used as epithet
Rootआ-हु (धातु √हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’; क्त-प्रत्यय)
ऋतावाtruth-ordered; possessing ṛta
ऋतावा:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धी विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋतावन् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing ṛta’)
यज्ञियःworthy of sacrifice
यज्ञियः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धी विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञिय (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; from यज्ञ ‘sacrifice’)
भुवःyou became/are (you are as)
भुवः:
क्रिया (अस्ति/भवति-भाव)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु ‘to be’; लिट्/लुङ्-न; here: aorist/preterite injunctive form used as finite verb) অথবা भू (तिङन्त-रूप)
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