Rig Veda 5.61.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 61, Mantra 8

Sukta 5.61

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) or Atris (Ātreyāḥ) (traditional for Mandala 5; verse-level uncertain from input alone)

Devata: Maruts (hymn context), with a secondary mythic reference to Paṇis (obstructors)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires scansion confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत घा नेमो अस्तुतः पुमाँ इति ब्रुवे पणिः । स वैरदेय इत्समः ॥

Transliteration

utá ghā́ némo ástutaḥ púmāṃ íti bruve paṇíḥ | sá váira-deya ít sámaḥ ||

Translation

وحقًّا يقول الـPaṇi: «إنه ليس إلا رجلًا، غير مُشادٍ به ولا تُؤدَّى له نِمَةٌ»؛ غير أنه في ميدان المُنافسة والعطاء عينه، هو نِدٌّ لهم.

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Word by Word

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• घ: indeed, surely
• घ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घ

• नेमः: reverence, homage
• नेमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (असँ)

• ततः: from that, from him/it
• ततः: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुमान्: a man
• पुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus, ‘so’
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• ब्रुवे: I say, I speak
• ब्रुवे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू

• पणिः: the Paṇi (niggard/merchant-demon)
• पणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वैरदेयः: to be given as wergild/compensation; a compensatory gift
• वैरदेयः: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैरदेय (प्रातिपदिक) < वैर + देय

• इत्: just, only, indeed
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्

• समः: equal, the same
• समः: Kartā (विशेषणम्) / predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)