Rig Veda 7.5.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 5, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.5
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vāsiṣṭha tradition for Maṇḍala 7; specific attribution within 7.5 not provided in input)
Devata: Agni Vaiśvānara
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not explicitly provided in input)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तव त्रिधातु पृथिवी उत द्यौर्वैश्वानर व्रतमग्ने सचन्त । त्वं भासा रोदसी आ ततन्थाजस्रेण शोचिषा शोशुचानः ॥
Transliteration
táva tri-dhā́tu pṛthivī́ utá dyáur vaiśvānara vratám agne sacanta | tváṃ bhāsā́ rodasī́ ā́ tatanthā́jasreṇa śóciṣā́ śóśucānaḥ ||
Translation
ناموسُكَ ذو الترتيب الثلاثي، يا فَيْشْفانارا، تتبعه الأرضُ والسماء، يا أَغْنِي. وبنورك بسطتَ العالمين، متّقدًا بلهيبٍ لا ينقطع—مُقيمًا الإطارَ الواسعَ لنظامِ النفسِ الحق.
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्रिधातुthreefold-ordered / having three layers
त्रिधातु:
विशेषण (to the subject)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootत्रि-धातु (प्रातिपदिक; धातु < √धा)
पृथिवीthe Earth
पृथिवी:
कर्तृ (with द्यौः as co-subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand / also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
द्यौःHeaven / the Sky
द्यौः:
कर्तृ (with पृथिवी as co-subject)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
वैश्वानरO Vaiśvānara (Agni as ‘belonging to all men’)
वैश्वानर:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक; विश्-वानर-सम्बद्ध)
व्रतम्the ordinance / fixed law
व्रतम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
सचन्तेthey accompany / follow
सचन्ते:
क्रिया (of पृथिवी+द्यौः)
TypeVerb
Root√सच् (सचँ समवाये/अनुगमे)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भासाwith (your) radiance
भासा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootभासा (प्रातिपदिक; भास् ‘light’)
रोदसीthe two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
रोदसी:
कर्म
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; ‘heaven-and-earth’)
आforth / all around
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ततन्थyou have stretched / spread
ततन्थ:
क्रिया (कर्तृ=त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Root√तन् (तनुँ विस्तारे)
अजस्रेणwith unceasing (continuous)
अजस्रेण:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootअजस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शोचिषाwith flame / with blazing light
शोचिषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशोचिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
शोशुचानःblazing intensely / ever-shining
शोशुचानः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (to त्वम्)
TypeParticiple (intensive/reduplicated) adjective
Root√शुच् (शुचँ दीप्तौ) → शोशुचान (वर्तमान-परिप्रसारित/तीव्र-दीप्ति; कृदन्त)
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