3.2.5
अ॒ग्निं सु॒म्नाय॑ दधिरे पु॒रो जना॒ वाज॑श्रवसमि॒ह वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः
य॒तस्रु॑चः सु॒रुचं॑ वि॒श्वदे॑व्यं रु॒द्रं य॒ज्ञानां॒ साध॑दिष्टिम॒पसा॑म्
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agníṃ sumnā́ya dadhire puró jánāḥ-
vā́jaśravasam ihá vr̥ktábarhiṣaḥ
yatásrucaḥ surúcaṃ viśvádevyaṃ
rudráṃ yajñā́nāṃ sā́dhadiṣṭim apásām
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For happiness, men, having trimmed the sacred grass, set Agni glorious for his strength before them here; Yea, with raised ladles, him bright, dear to all the Gods, perfecting aims of works, Rudra of solemn rites.
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Men, having spread the sacrificial grass, holding the sacrificial ladle, have placed here in front (as Purohita), for the sake of (the divine) blessing, Agni renowned for strength, with great splendour, united with all the gods, the Rudra of sacrifices 1, who accomplishes the oblations of active (worshippers).
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| 3.2.5 | agním | agní- agni : agní m. (√ ag, [Uṇ.]) fire, sacrificial fire (of three kinds, Gārhapatya, Āhavanīya, and Dakṣiṇa) agni : the number three, [Sūryas.] agni : the god of fire, the fire of the stomach, digestive faculty, gastric fluid agni : bile, [L.] agni : gold, [L.] agni : N. of various plants Semecarpus Anacardium, [Suśr.], Plumbago Zeylanica and Rosea, Citrus Acida agni : mystical substitute for the letter r agni : in the Kātantra grammar N. of noun-stems ending in i and u agni : (also) = next, [ĀpŚr.] agni : [cf. Lat. ignì-s; Lith. ugni-s; Slav. ognj]. 🔎 agní- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 3.2.5 | sumnā́ya sumnāya : or sumnaya Nom. P. °yati (only p. °nāyát or °nayát), to be gracious or favourable, [RV.]; to be glad or cheerful, triumph, [ib.] 🔎 sumnā́ya | sumná- sumna : sumná mfn. (prob. fr. 5. su and √ mnā = man) benevolent, kind, gracious, favourable, [RV. x, 5, 3]; [7] sumna : sumná n. benevolence, favour, grace, [RV.]; [TS.] sumna : devotion, prayer, hymn (cf. Gk. ὕμνος), [RV.] sumna : satisfaction, peace, joy, happiness, [ib.] sumna : N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.] 🔎 sumná- | nominal stemSGNDAT |
| 3.2.5 | dadhire | √dhā- 1 dhā : f. in 2. tiro-dhā́ dhā : dur-dhā́ (qq.vv.) dhā : cl. 3. P. Ā. dádhāti, dhatté, [RV.] &c. &c. (P. du. dadhvás, dhatthás, dhattás [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38]]; pl. dadhmási or °más, dhatthá, dādhati; impf. ádadhāt pl. °dhur, 2. pl. ádhatta or ádadhāta, [RV. vii, 33, 4]; Subj. dádhat or °dhāt [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 70], [Kāś.]], °dhas, °dhatas, °dhan; Pot. dadhyā́t; Impv. dādhātu pl. °dhatu; 2. sg. dhehí [fr. dhaddhi; cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119]] or dhattāt, [RV. iii, 8, 1]; 2. pl. dhattá, [i, 64, 15], dhattana, [i, 20, 7], dádhāta, [vii, 32, 13], or °tana, [x, 36, 13] [cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 45], Sch.]; p. dádhat, °ti m. pl. °tas; Ā. 1. sg. dadhé [at once 3. sg. = dhatté, [RV. i, 149, 5] &c. and = pf. Ā.], 2. sg. dhátse, [viii, 85, 5] or dhatsé, [AV. v, 7, 2]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te; 2. pl. °dhidhvé [cf. pf.]; 3. pl. dádhate, [RV. v, 41, 2]; impf. ádhatta, °tthās; Subj. dádhase, [viii, 32, 6] [[Pāṇ. iii, 4, 96], [Kāś.]]; Pot. dádhīta, [RV. i, 40, 2] or dadhītá, [v, 66, 1]; Impv. 2. sg. dhatsva, [x, 87, 2] or dadhiṣva, [iii, 40, 5] &c.; 2. pl. dhaddhvam [[Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38], [Kāś.]] or dadhidhvam, [RV. vii, 34, 10], &c.; 3. pl. dadhatām, [AV. viii, 8, 3]; p. dádhāna); rarely cl. 1. P. Ā. dadhati, °te, [RV.]; [MBh.]; only thrice cl. 2. P. dhā́ti, [RV.]; and once cl. 4. Ā. Pot. dhāyeta, [MaitrUp.] (pf. P. dadhaú, °dhā́tha, °dhatur, °dhimā́ or °dhimá, °dhur, [RV.] &c.; Ā. dadhé [cf. pr.], dadhiṣé or dhiṣe, [RV. i, 56, 6]; 2. 3. du. dadhā́the, °dhā́te, 2. pl. dadhidhvé [cf. pr.]; 3. pl. dadhiré, dadhre, [x, 82, 5]; [6], or dhire, [i, 166, 10] &c.; p. dádhāna [cf. pr.]; aor. P. ádhāt, dhā́t, dhā́s; adhúr, dhúr, [RV.] &c.; Pot. dheyām, °yur; dhetana, [RV.]; [TBr.]; 2. sg. dhāyīs, [RV. i, 147, 5]; Impv. dhā́tu [cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8] Vārtt. 3; [Pat.]]; 2. pl. dhā́ta or °tana, 3. pl. dhāntu, [RV.]; Ā. adhita, °thās, adhītām, adhīmahi, dhīmahi, dhimahe, dhāmahe, [RV.]; 3. sg. ahita, hita, [AV.]; [TĀr.]; Subj. dhéthe, [RV. i, 158, 2], dhaithe, [vi, 67, 7]; Impv. dhiṣvā́ or dhiṣvá, [ii, 11, 18], &c.; P. adhat, [SV.]; dhat, [RV.]; P. dhāsur Subj. °sathas and °satha, [RV.]; Ā. adhiṣi, °ṣata, [Br.]; Pot. dhiṣīya, [ib.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 45]]; dheṣīya, [MaitrS.]; fut. dhāsyati, °te or dhātā, [Br.] &c.; inf. dhā́tum, [Br.] &c.; Ved. also °tave, °tavaí, °tos; dhiyádhyai, [RV.]; Class. also -dhitum; ind.p. dhitvā́, [Br.]; hitvā [[Pāṇ. vii, 4, 42]], -dhā́ya and -dhā́m, [AV.] : Pass. dhīyáte, [RV.] &c. [[Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66]], p. dhīyámāna, [RV. i, 155, 2] ; aor. ádhāyi, dhā́yi, [RV.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33], [Kāś.]]; Prec. dhāsīṣṭa or dhāyiṣīṣṭa [[vi, 4, 62]]) to put, place, set, lay in or on (loc.), [RV.] &c. &c. (with daṇḍam, to inflict punishment on [with loc. [MBh. v, 1075], with gen. [R. v, 28, 7]]; with tat-padavyām padam, to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate, equal, [Kāvyād. ii, 64]); to take or bring or help to (loc. or dat.; with āré, to remove), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; (Ā.) to direct or fix the mind or attention (cintām, manas, matim, samādhim &c.) upon, think of (loc. or dat.), fix or resolve upon (loc. dat. acc. with prati or a sentence closed with iti), [RV.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.]; to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to (loc. dat. or gen.), [RV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] &c. (Pass. to be given or granted, fall to one's [dat.] lot or share, [RV. i, 81, 3]); to appoint, establish, constitute, [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; to render (with double acc.), [RV. vii, 31, 12]; [Bhartṛ. iii, 82]; to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute, [RV.]; [TBr.]; [ŚvetUp.] &c. (aor. with pūrayām, mantrayām, varayām &c. = pūrayām &c. cakāra); to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Kāv.]; [BhP.] &c.; (Ā.) to accept, obtain, conceive (esp. in the womb), get, take (with ókas or cánas, to take pleasure or delight in [loc. or dat.]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo, [RV.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]; [Hit.] etc. : Caus. -dhāpayati, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36] (see antar-dhā, śrad-dhā &c.) : Desid. dhítsati, °te ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54]), to wish to put in or lay on (loc.), [RV.]; [AitBr.] (Class. Pass. dhitsyate; dhitsya See s.v.); dídhiṣati, °te, to wish to give or present, [RV.]; (Ā.) to wish to gain, strive after (p. dídhiṣāṇa, [x, 114, 1]), [ib.] : with avadyám, to bid defiance, [ib.] [iv, 18, 7] (cf. didhiṣā́yya, didhiṣú) : Intens. dedhīyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.] dhā : [cf. Zd. dā, dadaiti; Gk. θε-, θη-, τίθημι; Lith. dedù, dë́ti; Slav. dedją, děti; Old Sax. duan, dôn, Angl.Sax. dôn, Engl. to do; Germ. tuan; tuon, thun.] dhā : mfn. putting, placing, bestowing, holding, having, causing &c. (ifc.; cf. dha) dhā : m. placer, bestower, holder, supporter &c. dhā : N. of Brahmā or Bṛhas-pati, [L.] dhā : (ā), f. See 2. dha dhā : instr. (= nom.) perhaps in the suffix (which forms adverbs from numerals, e.g. eka-dhā́, dví-dhā &c.) 🔎 √dhā- 1 | rootPLPRFMED3IND |
| 3.2.5 | purás puras : purás ind. in front, in advance, forward puras : (as prep.) before (of place and time), in the presence or before the eyes of (gen. abl. acc. or comp.), [RV.] &c. &c. puras : in comparison with (gen.), [Vcar.] puras : in or from or towards the east, eastward, [VS.]; [Br.] &c. (dakṣiṇataḥpuraḥ, towards the south-east, [MBh.]) puras : previously, first, first of all, [Ratnāv. iii, 7.] [cf. pra purā, pūrva; Gk., πάρος, ‘before’.] puras : purastāt. See p. 634. 🔎 purás | purás puras : purás ind. in front, in advance, forward puras : (as prep.) before (of place and time), in the presence or before the eyes of (gen. abl. acc. or comp.), [RV.] &c. &c. puras : in comparison with (gen.), [Vcar.] puras : in or from or towards the east, eastward, [VS.]; [Br.] &c. (dakṣiṇataḥpuraḥ, towards the south-east, [MBh.]) puras : previously, first, first of all, [Ratnāv. iii, 7.] [cf. pra purā, pūrva; Gk., πάρος, ‘before’.] puras : purastāt. See p. 634. 🔎 purás | invariable |
| 3.2.5 | jánāḥ | jána- jana : jána mf(I)n. ‘generating’, see puraṃ- jana : jána m. (g. vṛṣādi) creature, living being, man, person, race (páñca jánās, ‘the five races’ = p° kṛṣṭáyas, [RV. iii], [viii ff.]; [MBh. iii, 14160]), people, subjects (the sg. used collectively, e.g. daívya or divyā́ j°, ‘divine race’, the gods collectively, [RV.]; mahat j°, many people, [R. vi, 101, 2]; often ifc. denoting one person or a number of persons collectively, e.g. preṣya-, bandhu-, sakhī- &c., qq.vv. ; with names of peoples, [VarBṛS. iv, 22] and [v, 74]; ayaṃ janaḥ, ‘this person, these persons’, I, we, [MBh. viii, 709]; [Hariv. 7110]; [R. ii, 41, 2]; [Śak.] &c.; eṣa j°, id., [Kāvyād. ii, 75]), [RV.] &c. jana : the person nearest to the speaker (also with ayam or asau, ‘this my lover’, [Kāvyād. ii, 271]; [Ratnāv. i, 24/25]), [Nal. x, 10]; [Śak.]; [Mālav.] jana : a common person, one of the people, [Kir. ii, 42] and [47] jana : the world beyond the Mahar-loka, [BhP. iii, 11, 29]; [SkandaP.] jana : janá (°ná), m. (g. aśvādi) N. of a man (with the patr. Śārkarākṣya), [ŚBr. x]; [ChUp.] 🔎 jána- | nominal stemPLMNOM |
| 3.2.5 | vā́jaśravasam | vā́jaśravas- vājaśravas : vā́ja—śravas (vā́ja-), mfn. famous for wealth or steeds, [RV.] vājaśravas : vāja—śrávas (-śrávas), m. N. of a teacher, [ŚBr.] 🔎 vā́jaśravas- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 3.2.5 | ihá iha : ihá ind. (fr. pronom. base 3. i), in this place, here iha : to this place iha : in this world iha : in this book or system iha : in this case (e.g. teneha na, ‘therefore not in this case’ i.e. the rule does not apply here) iha : now, at this time, [RV.] &c. &c.; iha : [cf. Zend idha, ‘here’ ; Gk. ἰθᾱ or ἰθαι in ἰθα-γενής and ἰθαι-γενής; Goth. ith; perhaps Lat. igi-tur.] 🔎 ihá | ihá iha : ihá ind. (fr. pronom. base 3. i), in this place, here iha : to this place iha : in this world iha : in this book or system iha : in this case (e.g. teneha na, ‘therefore not in this case’ i.e. the rule does not apply here) iha : now, at this time, [RV.] &c. &c.; iha : [cf. Zend idha, ‘here’ ; Gk. ἰθᾱ or ἰθαι in ἰθα-γενής and ἰθαι-γενής; Goth. ith; perhaps Lat. igi-tur.] 🔎 ihá | invariable |
| 3.2.5 | vr̥ktábarhiṣaḥ | vr̥ktábarhis- vṛktabarhis : vṛktá—barhis (vṛktá-), mfn. one who has gathered and spread the sacrificial grass (and so is prepared to receive the gods), sacrificing or loving to sacrifice, [RV.] vṛktabarhis : vṛktá—barhis m. a priest, [L.] 🔎 vr̥ktábarhis- | nominal stemPLMNOM |
| 3.2.5 | yatásrucaḥ | yatásruc- yatasruc : yatá—sruc (yatá-), mfn. raising or stretching out the sacrificial ladle, [RV.] 🔎 yatásruc- | nominal stemPLMNOM |
| 3.2.5 | surúcam | surúc- suruc : su—rúc f. bright light, [RV.] suruc : su—rúc mfn. shining brightly, [ib.]; [BhP.] suruc : su—rúc m. N. of a man, [MBh.] suruc : su-ruc su-ruci &c. See p. 1232, col. 2. 🔎 surúc- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 3.2.5 | viśvádevyam | viśvádevya- viśvadevya : viśvá—devya (viśvá-), mfn. relating or sacred or dear &c. to all gods, [RV.] viśvadevya : distinguished by all divine attributes, [MW.] 🔎 viśvádevya- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 3.2.5 | rudrám | rudrá- rudra : rudrá mfn. (prob.) crying, howling, roaring, dreadful, terrific, terrible, horrible (applied to the Aśvins, Agni, Indra, Mitra, Varuṇa, and the spáśaḥ), [RV.]; [AV.] (accord. to others ‘red, shining, glittering’, fr. a √ rud or rudh connected with rudhira; others ‘strong, having or bestowing strength or power’, fr. a √ rud = vṛd, vṛdh; native authorities give also the following meanings, ‘driving away evil’; ‘running about and roaring’, fr. ru + dra = 2. dru; ‘praiseworthy, to be praised’; ‘a praiser, worshipper’ = stotṛ, [Naigh. iii, 16]) rudra : rudrá m. ‘Roarer or Howler’, N. of the god of tempests and father and ruler of the Rudras and Maruts (in the Veda he is closely connected with Indra and still more with Agni, the god of fire, which, as a destroying agent, rages and crackles like the roaring storm, and also with Kāla or Time the all-consumer, with whom he is afterwards identified; though generally represented as a destroying deity, whose terrible shafts bring death or disease on men and cattle, he has also the epithet śiva, ‘benevolent’ or ‘auspicious’, and is even supposed to possess healing powers from his chasing away vapours and purifying the atmosphere; in the later mythology the word śiva, which does not occur as a name in the Veda, was employed, first as an euphemistic epithet and then as a real name for Rudra, who lost his special connection with storms and developed into a form of the disintegrating and reintegrating principle; while a new class of beings, described as eleven [or thirty-three] in number, though still called Rudras, took the place of the original Rudras or Maruts: in [VP. i, 7], Rudra is said to have sprung from Brahmā's forehead, and to have afterwards separated himself into a figure half male and half female, the former portion separating again into the 11 Rudras, hence these later Rudras are sometimes regarded as inferior manifestations of Śiva, and most of their names, which are variously given in the different Purāṇas, are also names of Śiva ; those of the [VāyuP.] are Ajaikapād, Ahir-budhnya, Hara, Nirṛta, Īśvara, Bhuvana, Aṅgāraka, Ardha-ketu, Mṛtyu, Sarpa, Kapālin; accord. to others the Rudras are represented as children of Kaśyapa and Surabhi or of Brahmā and Surabhi or of Bhūta and Su-rūpā; accord. to [VP. i, 8], Rudra is one of the 8 forms of Śiva; elsewhere he is reckoned among the Dik-pālas as regent of the north-east quarter), [RV.] &c. &c. (cf. [RTL. 75] &c.) rudra : N. of the number ‘eleven’ (from the 11 Rudras), [VarBṛS.] rudra : the eleventh, [Cat.] rudra : (in astrol.) N. of the first Muhūrta rudra : (in music) of a kind of stringed instrument (cf. rudrī and rudra-vīṇā) rudra : of the letter e, [Up.] rudra : of various men, [Kathās.]; [Rājat.] rudra : of various teachers and authors (also with ācārya, kavi, bhaṭṭa, śarman, sūri &c.), [Cat.] rudra : of a king, [Buddh.] rudra : du. (incorrect acc. to, [Vām. v, 2, 1]) Rudra and Rudrāṇī (cf. also bhavā-r° and somā-rudra) rudra : pl. the Rudras or sons of Rudra (sometimes identified with or distinguished from the Maruts who are 11 or 33 in number), [RV.] &c. &c. rudra : an abbreviated N. for the texts or hymns addressed to Rudra, [GṛŚrS.]; [Gaut.]; [Vas.] (cf. rudra-japa) rudra : of a people (v.l. puṇḍra), [VP.] rudra : &c. See p. 883, col. 1. 🔎 rudrá- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 3.2.5 | yajñā́nām | yajñá- yajña : yajñá m. worship, devotion, prayer, praise yajña : act of worship or devotion, offering, oblation, sacrifice (the former meanings prevailing in Veda, the latter in post-Vedic literature; cf. mahā-y°), [RV.] &c. &c. yajña : a worshipper, sacrificer, [RV. iii, 30, 15]; [32, 12] yajña : fire, [L.] yajña : = ātman, [L.] yajña : Sacrifice personified, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] yajña : (with prājāpatya) N. of the reputed author of [RV. x, 130], [Anukr.] yajña : N. of a form of Viṣṇu, [Pur.] yajña : of Indra under Manu Svāyambhuva, [ib.] yajña : of a son of Ruci and Ākūti, [ib.] 🔎 yajñá- | nominal stemPLMGEN |
| 3.2.5 | sā́dhadiṣṭim | sā́dhadiṣṭi- sādhadiṣṭi : sā́dhad-iṣṭi mfn. (fr. pr. p. of √ sādh + 3. iṣṭi) having effective sacrifices or prayers, [RV.] 🔎 sā́dhadiṣṭi- | nominal stemSGMACC |
| 3.2.5 | apásām | apás- apas : ápas n. (fr. áp), work, action, especially sacred act, sacrificial act, [RV.][Lat. opus.] apas : apás mfn. active, skilful in any art, [RV.] apas : apás (ásas), f. pl. N. of the hands and fingers (when employed in kindling the sacred fire and in performing the sacrifices), [RV.] apas : of the three goddesses of sacred speech, [RV.]; [VS.] apas : of the active or running waters, [RV.]; [AV.] apas : apás mfn. (fr. 2. áp), watery. (So some passages of the Ṛg-veda [[i, 95, 4], &c.] may (according to [NBD.] and others) be translated where the word is applied to the running waters See 2. apás at end and apás-tama.) 🔎 apás- | nominal stemPLMGEN |