Rgveda Samhita (4 Volume Set) by Prakash Arya Ravi

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म् । होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम् ॥
अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् । होतारं रत्नधातमम् ॥
agnim īḻe purohitaṃ yajñasya devam ṛtvijam | hotāraṃ ratnadhātamam ||

English translation:

“I glorify Agni, the high priest of the sacrifice, the divine, the ministrant, who presents the oblation (to the gods), and is the possessor of great wealth.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Agni = purohita, the priest who superintends family rites; or, he is one of the sacred fires in which oblations are first (pura) offered (hita);

Deva: a god, the bright, shining, radiant; from div, to shine; or, one who abides in the sky or heaven (dyushāna); or, liberal, donor (in the sense of giving);

Ṛtvij = a ministering priest, he is also the hotā (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa 3.14), the priest who presents the oblation or who invokes or summons the deities to the ceremony; from hu, to sacrifice; or, from hve, to call;

Ratnadhātama: lit. holder of jewels;

Ratna = wealth in genitive ral; figurately, reward of religious rites

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

 

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒ग्निम् । ई॒ळे॒ । पु॒रःऽहि॑तम् । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । दे॒वम् । ऋ॒त्विज॑म् । होता॑रम् । र॒त्न॒ऽधात॑मम् ॥
अग्निम् । ईळे । पुरःहितम् । यज्ञस्य । देवम् । ऋत्विजम् । होतारम् । रत्नधातमम् ॥
agnim | īḷe | puraḥ-hitam | yajñasya | devam | ṛtvijam | hotāram | ratna-dhātamam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.1.1 English analysis of grammar]

agnim < agni

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”

īḍe < īḍ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“praise; invite; raise.”

purohitaṃ < purohitam < purohita

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Purohita; purohita [word].”

yajñasya < yajña

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

devam < deva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

ṛtvijam < ṛtvij

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“ṛtvij; ṛtvij [word].”

hotāraṃ < hotāram < hotṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Hotṛ.”

ratnadhātamam < ratna

[noun], neuter

“jewel; wealth; best; treasure; vajra; property; jewel; ruby; jewelry.”

ratnadhātamam < dhātamam < dhātama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“giving.”