Rig Veda 5.14.5

Addressed to: Agni

Group: Hymns to Agni

Text (Devanagari)

5.14.5

अ॒ग्निमी॒ळेन्यं॑ क॒विं घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठं सपर्यत

वेतु॑ मे शृ॒णव॒द्धव॑म्

Text (Roman)

5.14.5

agním īḷényaṃ kavíṃ

ghr̥tápr̥ṣṭhaṃ saparyata

vétu me śr̥ṇávad dhávam

Padapāṭha

5.14.5

agnim | īl̥enyam | kavim

nominal stemSGMACC

from kaví-

kavi : kaví mfn. (√ 1. kū cf. 2. kava, ā́kūta, ā́kūti, kāvya, [Naigh. iii, 15]; [Nir. xii, 13]; [Uṇ. iv, 138]) gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning

kavi : kaví (is), m. a thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader

kavi : a wise man, sage, seer, prophet

kavi : a singer, bard, poet (but in this sense without any technical application in the Veda), [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. i, 4, 2, 8]; [KaṭhUp. iii, 14]; [MBh.]; [Bhag.]; [BhāgP.]; [Mn. vii, 49]; [R.]; [Ragh.]

kavi : N. of several gods, (esp.) of Agni, [RV. ii, 23, 1]; [x, 5, 3]; [iii, 5, 1]; [i, 31, 2]; [76, 5]

kavi : of Varuṇa, Indra, the Aśvins, Maruts, Ādityas

kavi : of the Soma

kavi : of the Soma priest and other sacrificers

kavi : (probably) N. of a particular poet

kavi : cf. áṅgiras ([Mn. ii, 151]) and uśánas ([Bhag. x, 37])

kavi : of the ancient sages or patriarchs (as spirits now surrounding the sun)

kavi : of the Ṛbhus (as skilful in contrivance)

kavi : of Pūṣan (as leader or guider)

kavi : N. of a son of Brahmā, [MBh. xiii, 4123], [4142]-[4150]

kavi : of Brahmā, [W.]

kavi : of a son of Bhṛgu and father of Śukra, [MBh. i, 2606] (cf. [3204]; [BhāgP. iv, 1, 45] and [Kull.] on [Mn. iii, 198])

kavi : that of Śukra (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the demons), [Rājat. iv, 495]

kavi : of the planet Venus, [NBD.]

kavi : of the sons of several Manus, [Hariv.]; [BhāgP.]; [VP.]

kavi : of a son of Kauśika and pupil of Garga, [Hariv.]

kavi : of a son of Ṛṣabha, [BhāgP.]

kavi : of Vālmīki, [L.]

kavi : a keeper or herd, [RV. vii, 18, 8]

kavi : (fig.) N. of the gates of the sacrificial enclosure, [TS. v, 11, 1, 2] (cf. kaváṣ)

kavi : the sun, [W.]

kavi : of various men

kavi : the soul in the Sāṃkhya philosophy Comm.

kavi : a cunning fighter, [L.]

kavi : an owl, [L.]

kavi : kaví (is or ī, [W.]), f. the bit of a bridle, [L.]

kavi : the reins (cf. kavikā), [W.]

kavi : a ladle (cf. kambi), [L.]

🔎 kavím 🔎 kaví-

| ghṛtapṛṣṭham | saparyata | vetu

rootSGPRSACT3IMP

from √vī-

vī : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 39]) veti (accord. to some in the conjugational tenses substituted for √ aj; 2. sg. véṣi also as Impv. [RV.]; 3. pl. vyánti, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; Subj. 2. 3. sg. ves, [RV.]; Impv. vīhí or vihí, vītāt, [ib.]; 3. pl. viyantu, [TS.]; p. Ā. vyāná, [RV.]; pf. vivāya, vivye, [ib.]; aor. avaiṣīt Gr.; 3. pl. aveṣan Subj. veṣat, [RV.]; fut. vetā, veṣyati inf. vetum Gr.), to go, approach, (either as a friend i.e. ‘seek or take eagerly, grasp, seize, accept, enjoy’, or as an enemy i.e. ‘fall upon, attack, assail, visit, punish, avenge’), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; to set in motion, arouse, excite, impel, [RV.]; to further, promote, lead or bring or help any one to (two acc.), [ib.]; to get, procure, [ib.] : Pass. -vīyáte &c., [AV.]; [Br.] : Caus. vāyayati or vāpayati (aor. avīvayat), to cause to go or approach &c.; to impregnate, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 55] : Desid. vivīṣati Gr.: Intens., See ā-√ vī and √ vevī.

vī : [cf. accord. to some, Lat. ve-nari; Germ. weida, Weide, weiden.]

vī : vī́ mfn. going to, eager for, desirous or fond of (gen.), [RV. i, 143, 5] (cf. deva-vī́, pada-vī́)

vī : set in motion (see parṇa-v°)

vī : vī́ m. the act of going, motion, [L.]

vī : √ (vi- 5. i) P. vy-eti (3. pl. viyanti; impf. vy-ait; pf. vīyāya; inf. vy-etum; for vyayati, vyayayati See √ vyay), to go apart or in different directions, diverge, be diffused or scattered or distributed or divided or extended, [RV.] &c. &c. ; to be lost, perish, disappear, [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.; to go through, traverse, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AitBr.] : Intens. (or cl. 4. Ā.) vīyate, to pass through, traverse, [RV.]

vī : mfn. (weak form of √ vye) covered (cf. hiraṇya-vī́).

vī : , m. = 1. vi, a bird (see takva-vī́)

vī : f. a female bird, [L.]

vī : in comp. = 3. vi (in vī-kāśa, -cayana, -taṃsa, -nāha, -barha, -mārga, -rudh, -vadha, -vāha, -vidha, -vṛta, -sarpa, -hāra, qq.vv.)

🔎 vétu 🔎 √vī-

| me | ṣṛṇavat

rootSGPRSACT3SBJV

from √śru- 1

śru : cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 44]) śṛṇóti (Ved. and ep. also Ā. śṛṇute, and in [RV.] 3. sg. śṛṇvé, 2. sg. °viṣé, 3. pl. °viré [cf. below]; Impv. śṛṇu, °ṇudhī́ or °ṇudhí and °ṇuhī́ or °ṇuhí pl. śṛṇutā́ or śṛṇutá, °ṇota and °ṇotana, [RV.]; pf. śuśrā́va [once in [R.] with pass. sense], śuśruve [2. sg. śuśrotha, 1. pl. śuśruma, in [Up.] also °mas; śuśravat, śuśrūyā́s, [RV.], p. śuśruvás, q.v.]; aor. Ved. áśravam, áśrot, 2. sg. śróṣi; Subj. śrávat, °vathaḥ; [?] śruvam, [TĀr.]; Impv. śrudhī́ or śrudhí, śrótu, [RV.]; aśrauṣīt, [Br.] &c.; Subj. śroṣan Impv. śroṣantu, [RV.] [cf. śróṣamāṇa]; Prec. śrūyā́sam, [AV.] &c.; fut. śrotā, [MBh.]; śroṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. śrotum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. śrutvā́, [RV.] &c.; -śrútya, [AV.] &c.; śrāvam, [GṛŚrS.] &c.), to hear, listen or attend to anything (acc.), give ear to any one (acc. or gen.), hear or learn anything about (acc.) or from (abl. gen. instr., mukhāt or śakāśāt), or that anything is (two acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to hear (from a teacher), study, learn, [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be attentive, be obedient, obey, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.: Pass. śrūyáte (ep. also °ti; and in [RV.] śṛṇve &c. [cf. above] with pass. meaning; aor. aśrāvi, śrāvi), to be heard or perceived or learnt about (acc.) or from (gen. abl. or mukhāt; in later language often 3. sg. śrūyate impers. ‘it is heard’, ‘one hears or learns or reads in a book’, = ‘it is said’, ‘it is written in (with loc.)’; Impv. śrūyatām, ‘let it be heard’ = ‘listen!’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be celebrated or renowned, be known as, pass for, be called (nom.), [RV.] ; to be heard or learnt (from a teacher), [Pañcat.]; to be taught or stated (in a book), [Sarvad.]; to be heard i.e. pronounced or employed (as a sound or word), [TPrāt.], Sch.: Caus. śrāváyati (ep. also °te, in [RV.] also śraváyati; aor. aśuśravi, °vuḥ, [RV.]; aśuśruvat, [Br.]; aśiśravat Gr.; Pass. śrāvyate See below), to cause to be heard or learnt, announce, proclaim, declare, [RV.] &c. &c.; to cause to hear, inform, instruct, communicate, relate, tell (with acc. of thing, and acc. gen., or dat. of pers., or with instr. in sense of ‘through’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Pass. of Caus. śrāvyate, to be informed of (acc.), [MBh.] &c.: Desid. śúśrūṣate ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 57]; ep. or mc. also °ti; Pass. śuśrūṣyate), to wish or like to hear (acc.), desire to attend or listen to (dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to attend upon, serve, obey (acc., rarely gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. of Desid. śuśrūṣayati, to wait upon, be at the service of (acc.), [Kull.] on [Mn. ii, 243] : Desid. of Caus. śiśrāvayiṣati or śuśrāvayiṣati Gr.: Intens. śośrūyate, śośravīti, śośroti Gr.

śru : [cf. Gk. κλύω, κλῦθι = śrudhí, κλυτός = śrutá &c.; Lat. cluo, in-clutus; Slav. sluti; Germ. laut; Eng. loud.]

śru : (only in śrúvat; generally an incorrect form of √ sru), to dissolve into parts, burst asunder, [RV. i, 127, 3.]

🔎 śr̥ṇávat 🔎 √śru- 1

| havam

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

5.14.5

Serve Agni, God adorable, the Sage whose back is balmed with oil: Let him approach, and hear my call.

Oldenberg's translation

5.14.5

Worship Agni, the sage who should be magnified, whose back is covered with ghrita. May he come and hear my call 1.

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Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
5.14.5	agním 🔎 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
5.14.5	īḷényam 🔎 īḷényam	īḷénya- 🔎 īḷénya-	nominal stemSGMACCnon-finite:GDV
5.14.5	kavím 🔎 kavím	kaví- kavi : kaví mfn. (√ 1. kū cf. 2. kava, ā́kūta, ā́kūti, kāvya, [Naigh. iii, 15]; [Nir. xii, 13]; [Uṇ. iv, 138]) gifted with insight, intelligent, knowing, enlightened, wise, sensible, prudent, skilful, cunning kavi : kaví (is), m. a thinker, intelligent man, man of understanding, leader kavi : a wise man, sage, seer, prophet kavi : a singer, bard, poet (but in this sense without any technical application in the Veda), [RV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr. i, 4, 2, 8]; [KaṭhUp. iii, 14]; [MBh.]; [Bhag.]; [BhāgP.]; [Mn. vii, 49]; [R.]; [Ragh.] kavi : N. of several gods, (esp.) of Agni, [RV. ii, 23, 1]; [x, 5, 3]; [iii, 5, 1]; [i, 31, 2]; [76, 5] kavi : of Varuṇa, Indra, the Aśvins, Maruts, Ādityas kavi : of the Soma kavi : of the Soma priest and other sacrificers kavi : (probably) N. of a particular poet kavi : cf. áṅgiras ([Mn. ii, 151]) and uśánas ([Bhag. x, 37]) kavi : of the ancient sages or patriarchs (as spirits now surrounding the sun) kavi : of the Ṛbhus (as skilful in contrivance) kavi : of Pūṣan (as leader or guider) kavi : N. of a son of Brahmā, [MBh. xiii, 4123], [4142]-[4150] kavi : of Brahmā, [W.] kavi : of a son of Bhṛgu and father of Śukra, [MBh. i, 2606] (cf. [3204]; [BhāgP. iv, 1, 45] and [Kull.] on [Mn. iii, 198]) kavi : that of Śukra (regent of the planet Venus and preceptor of the demons), [Rājat. iv, 495] kavi : of the planet Venus, [NBD.] kavi : of the sons of several Manus, [Hariv.]; [BhāgP.]; [VP.] kavi : of a son of Kauśika and pupil of Garga, [Hariv.] kavi : of a son of Ṛṣabha, [BhāgP.] kavi : of Vālmīki, [L.] kavi : a keeper or herd, [RV. vii, 18, 8] kavi : (fig.) N. of the gates of the sacrificial enclosure, [TS. v, 11, 1, 2] (cf. kaváṣ) kavi : the sun, [W.] kavi : of various men kavi : the soul in the Sāṃkhya philosophy Comm. kavi : a cunning fighter, [L.] kavi : an owl, [L.] kavi : kaví (is or ī, [W.]), f. the bit of a bridle, [L.] kavi : the reins (cf. kavikā), [W.] kavi : a ladle (cf. kambi), [L.] 🔎 kaví-	nominal stemSGMACC
5.14.5	ghr̥tápr̥ṣṭham 🔎 ghr̥tápr̥ṣṭham	ghr̥tápr̥ṣṭha- ghṛtapṛṣṭha : ghṛtá—pṛṣṭha (°tá-), mf(A)n. one whose back is brilliant with ghee (esp. Agni and his horses), [RV.]; [AV.] ghṛtapṛṣṭha : ghṛtá—pṛṣṭha m. (hence) the fire (agni), [BhP. v] ghṛtapṛṣṭha : N. of a son of Priya-vrata by Barhiṣmatī (sovereign of Krauñca-dvīpa), [ib.] 🔎 ghr̥tápr̥ṣṭha-	nominal stemSGMACC
5.14.5	saparyata 🔎 saparyata	√sapary- 🔎 √sapary-	rootPLPRSACT2IMPsecondary conjugation:DEN
5.14.5	vétu 🔎 vétu	√vī- vī : cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 39]) veti (accord. to some in the conjugational tenses substituted for √ aj; 2. sg. véṣi also as Impv. [RV.]; 3. pl. vyánti, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; Subj. 2. 3. sg. ves, [RV.]; Impv. vīhí or vihí, vītāt, [ib.]; 3. pl. viyantu, [TS.]; p. Ā. vyāná, [RV.]; pf. vivāya, vivye, [ib.]; aor. avaiṣīt Gr.; 3. pl. aveṣan Subj. veṣat, [RV.]; fut. vetā, veṣyati inf. vetum Gr.), to go, approach, (either as a friend i.e. ‘seek or take eagerly, grasp, seize, accept, enjoy’, or as an enemy i.e. ‘fall upon, attack, assail, visit, punish, avenge’), [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; to set in motion, arouse, excite, impel, [RV.]; to further, promote, lead or bring or help any one to (two acc.), [ib.]; to get, procure, [ib.] : Pass. -vīyáte &c., [AV.]; [Br.] : Caus. vāyayati or vāpayati (aor. avīvayat), to cause to go or approach &c.; to impregnate, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 55] : Desid. vivīṣati Gr.: Intens., See ā-√ vī and √ vevī. vī : [cf. accord. to some, Lat. ve-nari; Germ. weida, Weide, weiden.] vī : vī́ mfn. going to, eager for, desirous or fond of (gen.), [RV. i, 143, 5] (cf. deva-vī́, pada-vī́) vī : set in motion (see parṇa-v°) vī : vī́ m. the act of going, motion, [L.] vī : √ (vi- 5. i) P. vy-eti (3. pl. viyanti; impf. vy-ait; pf. vīyāya; inf. vy-etum; for vyayati, vyayayati See √ vyay), to go apart or in different directions, diverge, be diffused or scattered or distributed or divided or extended, [RV.] &c. &c. ; to be lost, perish, disappear, [Up.]; [MBh.] &c.; to go through, traverse, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AitBr.] : Intens. (or cl. 4. Ā.) vīyate, to pass through, traverse, [RV.] vī : mfn. (weak form of √ vye) covered (cf. hiraṇya-vī́). vī : , m. = 1. vi, a bird (see takva-vī́) vī : f. a female bird, [L.] vī : in comp. = 3. vi (in vī-kāśa, -cayana, -taṃsa, -nāha, -barha, -mārga, -rudh, -vadha, -vāha, -vidha, -vṛta, -sarpa, -hāra, qq.vv.) 🔎 √vī-	rootSGPRSACT3IMP
5.14.5	me me : cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxii, 65]) mayate (ep. also P. mayati; pf. mame Gr.; aor. amāsta, [ib.]; fut. mātā, māsyate, [ib.]; ind.p. -mitya or -māya, [ib.]). to exchange, barter (cf. apa-. and ni-√ me) : Caus. māpayati, [ib.] : Desid. mitsate, [ib.] : Intens. memīyate, māmeti, māmāti, [ib.] me : (onomat.) imitative of the sound of a bleating goat (me-me-√ kṛ, to bleat), [Kāv.] 🔎 me	ahám aham : ahám nom. sg., ‘I’, [RV.] &c. aham : = ahaṃkaraṇa, q.v., (hence declinable gen. ahamas, &c.), [BhP.] aham : [Zd. azem; Gk. ἐγώ; Goth. ik; Mod. Germ. ich; Lith. asz; Slav. az]. 🔎 ahám	pronounSGGEN
5.14.5	śr̥ṇávat 🔎 śr̥ṇávat	√śru- 1 śru : cl. 5. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 44]) śṛṇóti (Ved. and ep. also Ā. śṛṇute, and in [RV.] 3. sg. śṛṇvé, 2. sg. °viṣé, 3. pl. °viré [cf. below]; Impv. śṛṇu, °ṇudhī́ or °ṇudhí and °ṇuhī́ or °ṇuhí pl. śṛṇutā́ or śṛṇutá, °ṇota and °ṇotana, [RV.]; pf. śuśrā́va [once in [R.] with pass. sense], śuśruve [2. sg. śuśrotha, 1. pl. śuśruma, in [Up.] also °mas; śuśravat, śuśrūyā́s, [RV.], p. śuśruvás, q.v.]; aor. Ved. áśravam, áśrot, 2. sg. śróṣi; Subj. śrávat, °vathaḥ; [?] śruvam, [TĀr.]; Impv. śrudhī́ or śrudhí, śrótu, [RV.]; aśrauṣīt, [Br.] &c.; Subj. śroṣan Impv. śroṣantu, [RV.] [cf. śróṣamāṇa]; Prec. śrūyā́sam, [AV.] &c.; fut. śrotā, [MBh.]; śroṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. śrotum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. śrutvā́, [RV.] &c.; -śrútya, [AV.] &c.; śrāvam, [GṛŚrS.] &c.), to hear, listen or attend to anything (acc.), give ear to any one (acc. or gen.), hear or learn anything about (acc.) or from (abl. gen. instr., mukhāt or śakāśāt), or that anything is (two acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to hear (from a teacher), study, learn, [ŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; to be attentive, be obedient, obey, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.: Pass. śrūyáte (ep. also °ti; and in [RV.] śṛṇve &c. [cf. above] with pass. meaning; aor. aśrāvi, śrāvi), to be heard or perceived or learnt about (acc.) or from (gen. abl. or mukhāt; in later language often 3. sg. śrūyate impers. ‘it is heard’, ‘one hears or learns or reads in a book’, = ‘it is said’, ‘it is written in (with loc.)’; Impv. śrūyatām, ‘let it be heard’ = ‘listen!’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be celebrated or renowned, be known as, pass for, be called (nom.), [RV.] ; to be heard or learnt (from a teacher), [Pañcat.]; to be taught or stated (in a book), [Sarvad.]; to be heard i.e. pronounced or employed (as a sound or word), [TPrāt.], Sch.: Caus. śrāváyati (ep. also °te, in [RV.] also śraváyati; aor. aśuśravi, °vuḥ, [RV.]; aśuśruvat, [Br.]; aśiśravat Gr.; Pass. śrāvyate See below), to cause to be heard or learnt, announce, proclaim, declare, [RV.] &c. &c.; to cause to hear, inform, instruct, communicate, relate, tell (with acc. of thing, and acc. gen., or dat. of pers., or with instr. in sense of ‘through’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Pass. of Caus. śrāvyate, to be informed of (acc.), [MBh.] &c.: Desid. śúśrūṣate ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 57]; ep. or mc. also °ti; Pass. śuśrūṣyate), to wish or like to hear (acc.), desire to attend or listen to (dat.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to attend upon, serve, obey (acc., rarely gen.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Caus. of Desid. śuśrūṣayati, to wait upon, be at the service of (acc.), [Kull.] on [Mn. ii, 243] : Desid. of Caus. śiśrāvayiṣati or śuśrāvayiṣati Gr.: Intens. śośrūyate, śośravīti, śośroti Gr. śru : [cf. Gk. κλύω, κλῦθι = śrudhí, κλυτός = śrutá &c.; Lat. cluo, in-clutus; Slav. sluti; Germ. laut; Eng. loud.] śru : (only in śrúvat; generally an incorrect form of √ sru), to dissolve into parts, burst asunder, [RV. i, 127, 3.] 🔎 √śru- 1	rootSGPRSACT3SBJV
5.14.5	hávam 🔎 hávam	háva- hava : m. (fr. √ hu) an oblation, burnt offering, sacrifice, [Śiś.] hava : fire or the god of fire, [L.] hava : háva mfn. (fr. √ hve or hū; for 1. See p. 1293, col. 2) hava : calling, [RV.] hava : háva m. call, invocation, [ib.]; [AV.] hava : direction, order, command, [L.] hava : &c. See p. 1293, col. 2. hava : &c. See p. 1294, cols. 1 and 2. 🔎 háva-	nominal stemSGMACC

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