Rig Veda 1.18.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 18, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.18
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kanvas; traditional attribution for RV 1.18 in the Agni cycle)
Devata: Brahmaṇaspati (with Soma and Indra associated; Dakṣiṇā invoked as protective power)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (3 x 8 syllables)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वं तं ब्रह्मणस्पते सोम इन्द्रश्च मर्त्यम् । दक्षिणा पात्वंहसः ॥
Transliteration
tváṃ táṃ bráhmaṇaspate sóma índraś ca mártyam | dákṣiṇā pātv áṃhasaḥ ||
Translation
হে ব্ৰহ্মণস্পতী, তুমি সোম আৰু ইন্দ্ৰৰ সৈতে সেই মৰ্ত্যক অংহস্—পাপ-ভ্ৰান্তিৰ সংকোচন—ৰ পৰা ৰক্ষা কৰা; আৰু দক্ষিণা (সৎ-দানশক্তি)য়ে মানৱ-প্ৰয়াস আৰু দেৱীয় বৃদ্ধি-মধ্যৰ সত্য বিনিময়ত তাক স্থাপন কৰি সুৰক্ষা কৰক।
Word by Word
त्वम्thou, you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तम्that (him)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मणस्पतेO Lord of prayer (Bṛhaspati)
ब्रह्मणस्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootब्रह्मणस्-पति (समास; प्रातिपदिक: ब्रह्मन् + पति)
सोमःSoma
सोमः:
कर्तृ (समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (समुच्चित-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
मर्त्यम्a mortal (man)
मर्त्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
दक्षिणाthe sacrificial fee/gift (dakṣiṇā)
दक्षिणा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
पातुmay (she/it) protect
पातु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु; ‘to protect’)
अंहसःfrom distress/sin
अंहसः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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