Rig Veda 3.5.7: Mandala 3, Sukta 5, Mantra 7
Sukta 3.5
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina (attributed for RV 3.5 in the Viśvāmitra maṇḍala tradition)
Devata: Agni (with implicit dyāvā-pṛthivī as supporting powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 3.5; verse length and cadence align with triṣṭubh usage in this hymn-group)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ योनिमग्निर्घृतवन्तमस्थात्पृथुप्रगाणमुशन्तमुशानः । दीद्यानः शुचिॠष्वः पावकः पुनःपुनर्मातरा नव्यसी कः ॥
Transliteration
ā yóniṃ agnír ghṛtávantam asthāt pṛthúpragāṇam uśántam uśānáḥ | dī́dyānaḥ śúciḥ ṛ́ṣvaḥ pā́vakaḥ púnaḥ-punar mā́tarā návyasī kaḥ ||
Translation
অগ্নিয়ে ঘৃতসমৃদ্ধ যোনিত স্থিতি ল’লে; প্ৰশস্ত অগ্ৰগানত বিস্তৃত, ইচ্ছুক আৰু নিজেই ইচ্ছাৰ জ্বলা। দীপ্ত, শুচি, ঋষ্ব, পাৱক—সেই অগ্নিয়ে পুনঃপুনঃ দুয়ো মাতৃক নৱীন কৰি তোলে; তাক কোনে মাপিব পাৰে?
Word by Word
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) अथवा अव्यय
योनिम्womb; source; abode
योनिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निःAgni (fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
घृतवन्तम्rich in ghee; ghee-filled
घृतवन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघृतवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्थात्stood; took his place
अस्थात्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
पृथुप्रगाणम्broad/ample ‘pragāṇa’ (wide-ranging course/track; broad path)
पृथुप्रगाणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपृथु-प्रगाण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
उशन्तम्desiring; eager
उशन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootउशत् (कृदन्त; √वश्/उश् ‘इच्छ्/काम्’)
उशानःdesiring; ardent
उशानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootउशान (कृदन्त; √वश्/उश्)
दीद्यानःshining; blazing
दीद्यानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participle)
Rootदीद्यत्/दीद्यान (कृदन्त; √दीद्/√द्युत् ‘दीप्तौ’)
शुचिःpure; bright
शुचिः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋष्वःlofty; great; exalted
ऋष्वः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootऋष्व (प्रातिपदिक)
पावकःpurifier; purifying fire
पावकः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपावक (प्रातिपदिक; √पू ‘पवने/शोधने’)
पुनःपुनःagain and again
पुनःपुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय) + पुनः
मातरौthe two mothers (i.e., heaven & earth / two kindling-sticks, contextually)
मातरौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
नव्यसीever-new; renewed
नव्यसी:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनव्यस् (प्रातिपदिक)
कःwho? (interrogative/relative nuance)
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.