agnimiLe purohitam अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् । होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥ ऋग्वेद १-१-१ मधुच्छन्दाः वैश्वामित्रः ऋषिः । गायत्रीच्छन्द्रः । अग्निर्देवता ॥ हम उस अग्निदेव की स्तुति करते हैं। जो श्रेष्ठतम पारमार्थिक कर्म के पुरोहित हैं, देवता (अनुदान देने वाले), ऋत्विज् (समयानुकूल यज्ञ का सम्पादन करने वाले), होता (देवों का आवाहन करने वाले) और याजकों को रत्नों से (यज्ञ के लाभों से) विभूषित करने वाले हैं॥१॥ a̱gnimī̍ḻe pu̱rohi̍taṁ y.ajñasy'a de̱vamr̥̱tvij'am । hotā̍raṁ ratn.adhāt'amam ॥ r̥gveda 1-1-1 madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ r̥ṣiḥ । gāyatrīcchandraḥ । agnirdevatā ॥ We praise that agni who is the greatest purohitam i.e. conductor of all good works, who is devtA - the one who gives, rtvij - those who perform yajna ie work for welfare of the society, hotA - one who invokes devtAs, and the one who blesses us with jewels and wealth - that is results of yajna, of various kinds. Listen the chanting here:- https://www.mymandir.com/p/8Kl1Ub/ Originally shared by Friend...
sUkta = su + ukta (savaRNa dIRgha sandhi law)
ReplyDeletesu is a usual Sanskrit and Vedic prefix to mean "good", "well"...
ukta means "said", "told".
So, sUkta means "well said", "well told".
The Vedas belong to "Shruti" category, as they were orally transmitted through the ages.
Thus, Vedic hymns were called "sukta" - well told, rather than "sulekha", well written, or simple "stotra" - praise.
Suktas are much more than praise words, they are prayers, some of them are philosophical treatises. Thus, the sukta term applies to them (along with kavya) more than stotra, or stuti.....
In hindi , sukti means good idea.
ReplyDelete'uktha' means -'uchitha +said/told' the words most suitably uttered relevant to the intention. Anuchitham nill.
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ReplyDeleteDoes kavya hold good?
Lord Indra
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Yes, kavya does hold good for Vedic poems, esp. Rig Vedic poems. The sages are many times mentioned in Vedas itself as "kavi".
The word "kavya" means "created by kavi".
The modern word means poem, but at the age of Vedas, kavi certainly meant much more.
su (upasarga)+vac (dhatu)+kta (krit pratyaya) - sUkta - in Napumsaka linga (neuter gender) - this is sUktam. su = well, uktam (said) 'well said'. The word sUkti also means 'well said'. Yet still If one goes deeper in Vyakarana - though the words sUkta and sUkti appear to be having the same meaning - none of the Veda mantra is called as a sUkti - but various shastra and subhashita are referred to as sUkti - why? - I will answer this in another post as this requires some degree of bhasha-shaastra knowledge to understand the subtle difference. This also proves that why our ancestors were very careful to use the correct word. People are translating Vedas without such basic level of Bhasha-shaastra knowledge !.
ReplyDeleteGreat, never knew this earlier. Please do post when you find time
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