Rig Veda 8.20.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.20

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; short final cadence may be a variation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अच्युता चिद्वो अज्मन्ना नानदति पर्वतासो वनस्पतिः । भूमिर्यामेषु रेजते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.20.5

Transliteration

acyútā cid vo ájmann ā́ nānadati párvatāso vánaspátiḥ | bhū́mir yā́meṣu rejate ||

Translation

حتى ما لا يَتَزَعزَعُ يَدوّي عند اندفاعِكم؛ والجبالُ وسَيِّدُ الغابة (vanaspati) يَصرُخان؛ والأرضُ نفسُها تَرتَجِفُ في مساراتِكم—هكذا عظيمٌ ذلك الإيقاظُ الذي تُدخِلونه في جوهرِ طبيعتِنا.

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Word by Word

• अच्युताः: unshaken, immovable
• अच्युताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अच्युत (a-√च्युत ‘fallen/moved’; prātipadika)

• चित्: even, indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (particle)

• वः: of you, your
• वः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• अज्मन्: in the course/track; on the path (of movement)
• अज्मन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्मन् (prātipadika)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• आ: towards, forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (preverb)

• नानदति: resounds, roars
• नानदति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नन्द् (to rejoice/sound)

• पर्वतासः: mountains
• पर्वतासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (prātipadika)

• वनस्पतिः: the lord of the forest; tree
• वनस्पतिः: Kartā (co-ordinate subject) / or apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (prātipadika)

• भूमिः: the earth
• भूमिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (prātipadika)

• यामेषु: in the marches/steps; in the courses (journeys, advances)
• यामेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम (prātipadika)

• रेजते: trembles, quivers
• रेजते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रेज् (to tremble, shake)