Rig Veda 3.8.5 - Mandala 3, Sukta 8, Mantra 5

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Rig Veda 3.8.5: Mandala 3, Sukta 8, Mantra 5

Sukta 3.8

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 3.8)

Devata: Vanaspati and the divine powers aiding the rite; inner sense: the growing divine formation in the ritual-psychic field

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

जातो जायते सुदिनत्वे अह्नां समर्य आ विदथे वर्धमानः । पुनन्ति धीरा अपसो मनीषा देवया विप्र उदियर्ति वाचम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 3.8.5

Transliteration

jā́to jā́yate sudinatvé ahnā́ṃ samaryá ā́ vidáthe várdhamānaḥ | punánti dhīrā́ apáso manīṣā́ devayā́ vípra úd iyarti vā́cam ||

Translation

Geboren, wird er wiedergeboren in die lichte Gunst der Tage, wachsend in der gemeinsamen Bewegung, in der Versammlung (vidátha). Die Standhaften läutern die Werke durch inspirierte Einsicht (dhī, manīṣā); der gotthingegebene Seher (vipra) erhebt das Wort (vāc).

Word by Word

जातःborn; having been born

जायतेis born; comes into being

सुदिनत्वेin good-day-ness; in auspicious days/fortunate time

अह्नाम्of days

समर्यःthe striving one; the combatant/contender

आtowards; unto

विदथेat the rite/assembly; in the ceremonial distribution

वर्धमानःgrowing; increasing

पुनन्तिthey purify

धीराḥthe inspired/wise ones

अपसःworks; ritual acts

मनीषाby insight/thought

देवयाin a godly way; with divine (impulse)

विप्रःthe inspired poet/seer

उदियर्तिraises; sends forth

वाचम्speech; utterance

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