Rig Veda 5.39.5 — Mandala 5, Sukta 39, Mantra 5
Sukta 5.39
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya); explicit self-reference ‘atrayaḥ’
Devata: Indra (as brahma-vāha)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अस्मा इत्काव्यं वच उक्थमिन्द्राय शंस्यम् । तस्मा उ ब्रह्मवाहसे गिरो वर्धन्त्यत्रयो गिरः शुम्भन्त्यत्रयः ॥
Transliteration
asmā́ ít kā́vyaṃ váca ukthám índrāya śáṃsyam | tásmā u bráhma-vāhase gíro vardhanty átrayo gíraḥ śumbhanty átrayaḥ ||
Translation
তাঁরই জন্য এই কাব্যবাক্য, ইন্দ্রের জন্য ঘোষিত এই উক্থ; সেই ব্রহ্ম-শক্তিবাহকের উদ্দেশে অত্রিদের বাণী বৃদ্ধি পায় ও দীপ্ত হয়—আমাদের বাক্য শক্তির উজ্জ্বল উপকরণ হয়ে ওঠে।
Word by Word
अस्मैto him (to this one)
अस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
काव्यम्poetic (utterance), poem
काव्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootकाव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
वचःspeech, word
वचः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
उक्थम्hymn of praise (uktha)
उक्थम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रायfor Indra
इन्द्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शंस्यम्to be praised, praiseworthy
शंस्यम्:
विशेषण (कर्मणि) / कर्म
TypeAdjective (Kṛdanta)
Rootशंस्य (कृदन्त-विशेषण; √शंस्)
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
उand/indeed (emphatic)
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
ब्रह्मवाहसेto the bearer/vehicle of sacred formulation (brahman), i.e., Indra
ब्रह्मवाहसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootब्रह्म-वाहस् (समास; ब्रह्मन् + वाहस्)
गिरःsongs, hymns
गिरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्धन्तिthey increase, grow
वर्धन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृध्
अत्रयःthe Atris (Atri-poets)
अत्रयः:
कर्तृ (सम्बन्धे) / अधिकरण-संबन्ध
TypeNoun (patronymic/poet-group)
Rootअत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
गिरःsongs, hymns
गिरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
शुम्भन्तिthey adorn, make splendid
शुम्भन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√शुभ्
अत्रयःthe Atris
अत्रयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
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