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Rig Veda 5.87.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 87, Mantra 2

Sukta 5.87

Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; needs verification)

प्र ये जाता महिना ये च नु स्वयं प्र विद्मना ब्रुवत एवयामरुत् । क्रत्वा तद्वो मरुतो नाधृषे शवो दाना मह्ना तदेषामधृष्टासो नाद्रयः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.87.2

prá ye jātā́ mahínā ye ca nú svayáṃ prá vidmánā brúvata evayā́marut | krátvā tád vo maruto nā́dhṛṣe śávo dānā́ mahnā́ tád eṣām ádhṛṣṭāso nā́drayaḥ ||

প্ৰ আগবাঢ়ে সিহঁত—মহিমাত জন্ম লোৱা; আৰু এতিয়াও স্বয়ং নিজৰ বিদ্মনা (জ্ঞান) দ্বাৰা তাক ঘোষণা কৰে, হে এৱয়ামৰুত। ক্ৰতু (ইচ্ছাশক্তি) দ্বাৰাই, হে মৰুতসকল, তোমালোকৰ সেই অনধৃষ্য শৱঃ (অদম্য বল); দানৰ মহত্ত্ব দ্বাৰাই সিহঁতৰো সেই—অধৃষ্ট, দৃঢ় শিলৰ দৰে অচল।

प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
जाताःborn
जाताः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootजन्
महिनाby greatness, by might
महिना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमहिन्/महिमन्
येwho
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नुnow, indeed
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
स्वयम्of themselves
स्वयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम्
प्रforth
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
विद्मनाby knowledge, with insight
विद्मना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविद्मन् (from √विद्)
ब्रुवतः(of) speaking, while speaking
ब्रुवतः:
Kartā (participle referring to the Maruts)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
एवयामO Evayām (epithet/name)
एवयाम:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun/epithet
Rootएवयाम
मरुत्O Marut
मरुत्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्
क्रत्वाby resolve, by power of will
क्रत्वा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
वःto you / of you
वः:
Sampradāna (to/for you) / Śeṣa (of you)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्
नाधृषेfor the unassailable, for the not-to-be-dared
नाधृषे:
Sampradāna (as purpose/goal: ‘for the unassailable’)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाधृष (na+ā+√धृष)
शवःmight, strength
शवः:
Kartā/Karma (context: ‘might’ as possessed/manifest)
TypeNoun
Rootशवस्
दानाःgifts, givings
दानाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदान
मह्नाby greatness, by magnitude
मह्ना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमहन्/मह्न्
तत्that
तत्:
Kartā/Karma (resumptive ‘that’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
एषाम्of these (of them)
एषाम्:
Śeṣa
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
अधृष्टासःundared, unassailed
अधृष्टासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअधृष्ट (a+√धृष)
like, as
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अद्रयःrocks, mountains
अद्रयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअद्रि

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