Rig Veda 5.52.10 — Mandala 5, Sukta 52, Mantra 10
Sukta 5.52
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional ascription for RV 5.52)
Devata: Maruts (as path-opening powers); possibly also the abstract ‘Vistāra’ as functional epithet within Marut-action
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs pada-count confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आपथयो विपथयोऽन्तस्पथा अनुपथाः । एतेभिर्मह्यं नामभिर्यज्ञं विष्टार ओहते ॥
Transliteration
ā́pathayo vípathayo ’ntáspatḥā ánupathāḥ | etébhir máhyaṃ nā́mabhir yajñáṃ vi-stā́ra óhate ||
Translation
يا صانعي السُّبُل وهادمِيها، يا أصحاب السُّبُل الباطنة وتابعي السُّبُل—بهذه الأسماء يَبْسُطُ لي «المُوَسِّعُ العظيم» اليَجْنَا (القُربان المقدّس).
Word by Word
आ-पथयःthose who are on the right path / path-following
आ-पथयः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपथ (प्रातिपदिक) + उपसर्ग आ-
वि-पथयःthose who go astray / on divergent paths
वि-पथयः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपथ (प्रातिपदिक) + उपसर्ग वि-
अन्तः-पथाःthose of the inner/middle path
अन्तः-पथाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्तर् (अव्यय/उपसर्गीय) + पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
अनु-पथाःthose who follow along a path / followers
अनु-पथाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपथ (प्रातिपदिक) + उपसर्ग अनु-
एतेभिःwith/by these
एतेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मह्यम्to me / for me
मह्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नामभिःwith names / by names
नामभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञम्the sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
विष्टारःthe expander/spreader (name/epithet)
विष्टारः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविष्टार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विस्तार/विस्तारक’)
ओहतेconveys/assigns (brings, applies)
ओहते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootऊह् (धातु; वेद. ‘ओहते’)
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