Rig Veda 5.41.14: Mandala 5, Sukta 41, Mantra 14

Sukta 5.41

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Comprehensive: divine and earthly powers, and the Waters; dedicatory to the ‘su-makha’ (good sacrificer / good sacrifice)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ दैव्यानि पार्थिवानि जन्मापश्चाच्छा सुमखाय वोचम् । वर्धन्तां द्यावो गिरश्चन्द्राग्रा उदा वर्धन्तामभिषाता अर्णाः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ daivyā́ni pārthívāni jánmā́paś cā́cchā su-mákhāya vocam | várdhantāṃ dyā́vo gíraś candrā́grā udā́ vardhantām abhisā́tā árṇāḥ ||

Translation

لقد نطقتُ (بالثناء) نحو المواليد الإلهية والمواليد الأرضية، ونحو المياه، لأجل ذاك الذي حسنَتْ أضحيته. فلتنْمُ السموات، ولتنْمُ الكلماتُ التي في مقدّمتها نورٌ ساطع. ولتزدَدِ السيولُ الهادرة—الظافرةُ في اندفاعها—ولتعلُ وترتفع.

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Word by Word

• आ: forth, towards (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• दैव्यानि: divine (things)
• दैव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव्य- (देव- < दिव् ‘to shine’)

• पार्थिवानि: earthly, terrestrial (things)
• पार्थिवानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव- (पृथिवी-)

• जन्म: birth, origin
• जन्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्- (√जन् ‘to be born’)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (आपः)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अच्छा: towards
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा

• सुमखाय: to Sumakha (the well-sacrificing one)
• सुमखाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: सुमख- (सु- + मख ‘sacrifice/rite’)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (2nd pers. pronoun)

• वोचम्: I spoke / I proclaimed
• वोचम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (वच् ‘to speak’)

• वर्धन्ताम्: let (them) increase
• वर्धन्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (वृध् ‘to grow, increase’)

• द्यावः: the heavens
• द्यावः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ- (द्याव्/द्यौस्)

• गिरः: songs, hymns
• गिरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्-

• चन्द्राग्राः: having the moon as their foremost/at the front
• चन्द्राग्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्राग्र- (चन्द्र- + अग्र-)

• उद्: up, forth (preverb)
• उद्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् (उपसर्ग) / ud (preverb)

• आ: towards, forth (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• वर्धन्ताम्: let (them) increase
• वर्धन्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध्

• अभिषाताः: pressed on, impelled, urged on
• अभिषाताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: अभि-√सद्/√सात् (वेद. ‘to press/drive upon, assail’) → अभिषात- (PPP)

• अर्णाः: floods, streams, waves
• अर्णाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णस्-