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.
Word by Word
आforth, towards (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
दैव्यानिdivine (things)
दैव्यानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदैव्य- (देव- < दिव् ‘to shine’)
पार्थिवानिearthly, terrestrial (things)
पार्थिवानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपार्थिव- (पृथिवी-)
जन्मbirth, origin
जन्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्- (√जन् ‘to be born’)
अपःwaters
अपः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअप्- (आपः)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अच्छाtowards
अच्छा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअच्छा
सुमखायto Sumakha (the well-sacrificing one)
सुमखाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootसुमख- (सु- + मख ‘sacrifice/rite’)
वःfor you / of you
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (2nd pers. pronoun)
वोचम्I spoke / I proclaimed
वोचम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (वच् ‘to speak’)
वर्धन्ताम्let (them) increase
वर्धन्ताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वृध् ‘to grow, increase’)
द्यावःthe heavens
द्यावः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ- (द्याव्/द्यौस्)
गिरःsongs, hymns
गिरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्-
चन्द्राग्राःhaving the moon as their foremost/at the front
चन्द्राग्राः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootचन्द्राग्र- (चन्द्र- + अग्र-)
उद्up, forth (preverb)
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग) / ud (preverb)
आtowards, forth (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वर्धन्ताम्let (them) increase
वर्धन्ताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृध्
अभिषाताःpressed on, impelled, urged on
अभिषाताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Rootअभि-√सद्/√सात् (वेद. ‘to press/drive upon, assail’) → अभिषात- (PPP)
अर्णाःfloods, streams, waves
अर्णाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअर्णस्-
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