Rig Veda 1.146.5 — Mandala 1, Sukta 146, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.146
Devata: Agni (manifesting as universal visibility)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दिदृक्षेण्यः परि काष्ठासु जेन्य ईळेन्यो महो अर्भाय जीवसे । पुरुत्रा यदभवत्सूरहैभ्यो गर्भेभ्यो मघवा विश्वदर्शतः ॥
Transliteration
didṛkṣeṇyáḥ pári kā́ṣṭhāsu jényá īḷényo mahó árbhāya jīváse | puru-trā́ yád abhavat sū́r-ahaibhyo gárbhebhyo maghávā viśvá-darśataḥ ||
Translation
Sehenswert wandelt er umher in den Holzstücken; edel und anrufungswürdig — zum Leben des Kindes im Großen. Als er vielerorts aus jenen sonnentötenden Schößen hervorging, wurde der Freigebige allen sichtbar, allerschauend.
Word by Word
दि॒दृ॒क्षेण्यःdesirous to see; worth seeing
दि॒दृ॒क्षेण्यः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिदृक्षेण्य- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् ‘to see’ + desiderative nuance दिदृक्ष- + -एण्य)
परिaround, all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
काष्ठासुin/among the wooden posts (logs; pieces of wood)
काष्ठासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठा-
जेन्यःvictorious, conqueror
जेन्यः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootजेन्य- (प्रातिपदिक; √जि ‘to conquer’)
ईळेन्यःpraiseworthy; to be invoked
ईळेन्यः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootईळेन्य- (प्रातिपदिक; √ईळ्/ईड् ‘to praise, invoke’)
महोof the great (one); of greatness
महो:
— (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण-सम्बन्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्-
अर्भायfor the child; for the young one
अर्भाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअर्भ-
जीवसेfor living; for life
जीवसे:
Prayojana/उद्देश्य (दातिव-अर्थे)
TypeNoun
Rootजीवस्- (कृदन्त/भाववाचक; √जीव् ‘to live’)
पुरुत्राin many places; widely
पुरुत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa (देश/विस्तार-अर्थे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरुत्रा (अव्यय; पुरु ‘many’ + -त्रा)
यत्when/that which
यत्:
— (सम्बन्धक-अव्ययवत्)
TypePronoun
Rootयद्-
अभवत्became; came to be
अभवत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
सूरहैभ्यःfrom the strong/heroic ones
सूरहैभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootसूरहि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘heroic/strong one’, Vedic)
गर्भेभ्यःfrom the wombs; from the embryos
गर्भेभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ-
मघवाthe bountiful one (Maghavan, Indra)
मघवा:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन्-
विश्वदर्शतःvisible to all; all-splendid
विश्वदर्शतः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वदर्शत- (प्रातिपदिक; विश्व ‘all’ + दर्शत ‘visible, splendid’)
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