Rig Veda 2.5.3 — Mandala 2, Sukta 5, Mantra 3
Sukta 2.5
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Agni (as priestly intelligence/speech-power in the rite)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दधन्वे वा यदीमनु वोचद्ब्रह्माणि वेरु तत् । परि विश्वानि काव्या नेमिश्चक्रमिवाभवत् ॥
Transliteration
dadhanvé vā́ yad ī́m ánu vócad bráhmāṇi vér u tát | pári víśvāni kā́vyā némis cakrám ivā́bhavat ||
Translation
আর যখন তিনি—ধারক ও পালনকারী—প্রেরিত বাণীগুলি তাদের সত্য ক্রমে উচ্চারণ করেন, তখন সকল কাব্য-গূঢ় রহস্য তাঁর চারদিকে পরিক্রমা করে; তিনি চক্রের নাভির ন্যায় হয়ে ওঠেন, যা সমগ্র গতিকে ধারণ করে।
Word by Word
दधन्वेwe two hasten / press forward
दधन्वे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√धन्व् (धन्वति/धन्वते) ‘to run/press on, hasten’ (Vedic)
वाindeed / or
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (particle)
यदिif / when
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (particle)
इम्this (him/it)
इम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (pronominal stem)
अनुafter, along; in accordance with
अनु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (preverb/indeclinable)
वोचत्he spoke / let him speak
वोचत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (वचति) ‘to speak’
ब्रह्माणिhymns / sacred formulas
ब्रह्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (n.) ‘sacred utterance, hymn’
वेरुindeed / truly
वेरु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवेरु (Vedic particle/adverb; emphatic/asseverative)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (pronoun)
परिaround, all about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (preverb/indeclinable)
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (substantive use)
Rootविश्व (adj.) ‘all’ (used substantively)
काव्याpoetic (utterances) / inspired poems
काव्या:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकाव्य (n.) ‘poetic art/poem; inspired utterance’
नेमिःthe rim (of a wheel)
नेमिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनेमि (f.) ‘rim, felly (of a wheel)’
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (conjunction)
चक्रम्wheel
चक्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (n.) ‘wheel’
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (particle)
अभवत्became / was
अभवत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति) ‘to be, become’
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