Rig Veda 7.4.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 4, Mantra 5

Sukta 7.4

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यो योनिं देवकृतं ससाद क्रत्वा ह्यग्निरमृताँ अतारीत् । तमोषधीश्च वनिनश्च गर्भं भूमिश्च विश्वधायसं बिभर्ति ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.4.5

Transliteration

ā yó yóniṃ deva-kṛ́taṃ sasā́da kratvā́ hy agnír amṛ́tān átārīt | tám oṣádhīś ca váninaś ca gárbhaṃ bhū́miś ca viśvá-dhāyasaṃ bibharti ||

Translation

هو الذي أتى إلى اليوني (الرَّحِم) المصنوع بيد الآلهة—وبقوّة وعيه (كْرَتُو) عبر أَغْنِي متجاوزًا الخالدين. تحمله الأعشابُ والغاباتُ جَنينًا، وتحمله الأرضُ أيضًا، المُعينَ على كلّ شيء، بذرةً خفيّةً لصيرورتها الشاملة.

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Word by Word

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

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• योनिम्: womb; source; abode
• योनिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवकृतम्: made by the gods
• देवकृतम्: —
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: देव-कृत- (कृदन्त; √कृ ‘to make’)

• ससाद: has sat down; has come to rest; has approached
• ससाद: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (सीदति) ‘to sit down, settle, come to rest’

• क्रत्वा: by (his) will/power; by resolve
• क्रत्वा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• हि: for; indeed
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अमृतान्: the immortals (gods)
• अमृतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: अमृत- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अतारीत्: crossed over; passed beyond
• अतारीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (तरति) ‘to cross over’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीः: plants; herbs
• ओषधीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• वनिनः: trees; forest-lords (wood-bearing ones)
• वनिनः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनिन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘tree/wooded one’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• गर्भम्: embryo; seed; hidden germ
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमिः: Earth
• भूमिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• विश्वधायसम्: all-sustaining; containing all nourishment/support
• विश्वधायसम्: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-धायस्- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय: ‘having all supports/nourishments’)

• बिभर्ति: bears; supports
• बिभर्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति) ‘to bear, support’