Rig Veda 1.95.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 95, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.95
Devata: Enigmatic emergent power (often Agni/solar child) within the formative domain of Tvashṭṛ
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आविष्ट्यो वर्धते चारुरासु जिह्मानामूर्ध्वः स्वयशा उपस्थे । उभे त्वष्टुर्बिभ्यतुर्जायमानात्प्रतीची सिंहं प्रति जोषयेते ॥
Transliteration
āviṣṭyó vardhate cā́rur ā́su jihmā́nām ūrdhvó svayáśā upásthe | ubhé tváṣṭur bibhyatur jā́yamānāt pratī́cī síṃhaṃ práti joṣayete ||
Translation
ظاهرًا ينمو، جميلًا فيهنّ، قائمًا في حِجرِ المعوجّات، مجيدًا بذاته. وأمّاهُ الاثنتان لتڤاشتر (Tvaṣṭṛ) ترتعدان منه حين يولد؛ وإذ تواجهانه، تلتذّان بالأسد.
Word by Word
आविष्ट्यःhaving entered; settled within
आविष्ट्यः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootआ-√विश् (प्रवेशने) / √विश्
वर्धतेgrows; increases
वर्धते:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धने)
चारुःbeautiful; lovely
चारुः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootचारु (प्रातिपदिक)
आसुःin the laps/wombs (i.e., in the seats)
आसुः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअस् (प्रातिपदिक: आसु- ‘lap, womb, seat’)
जिह्मानाम्of the crooked/oblique (ones)
जिह्मानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootजिह्म (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊर्ध्वःupright; raised
ऊर्ध्वः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वयशाःself-glorious; of his own splendour
स्वयशाः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व-यशस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self-glory/own fame’)
उपस्थेin the lap; in the bosom
उपस्थे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
उभेboth (two females)
उभे:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootउभ (प्रातिपदिक)
त्वष्टुःof Tvaṣṭṛ
त्वष्टुः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun (proper/title)
Rootत्वष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक)
बिभ्यतुःfear; are afraid
बिभ्यतुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√भी (भये)
जायमानात्from the one being born; from the newborn
जायमानात्:
Apādāna
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Root√जन् (जन्मनि) + यमान (शानच्) → जायमान (present middle participle)
प्रतीचीturned toward (him); facing (him)
प्रतीची:
Kartā (as qualifier of one of the two) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतीच् (प्रातिपदिक)
सिंहम्the lion
सिंहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रतिtoward; in response to
प्रति:
Upasarga/Preverb (directional) / Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति
जोषयेतेthey two make (him) welcome; they two court/cherish
जोषयेते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√जुष् (प्रीतौ/सेवने) → causative √जोषय्
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