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Rig Veda 4.54.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 54, Mantra 5

Sukta 4.54

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Savitṛ (with Indra as associated power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

इन्द्रज्येष्ठान्बृहद्भ्यः पर्वतेभ्यः क्षयाँ एभ्यः सुवसि पस्त्यावतः । यथायथा पतयन्तो वियेमिर एवैव तस्थुः सवितः सवाय ते ॥

indra-jyeṣṭhān bṛhad-bhyaḥ parvatebhyaḥ kṣayān ebhyaḥ suvasi pastyā-vataḥ | yathā-yathā patayanto vi-yemire evaiva tasthuḥ savitaḥ savāya te ||

Von den großen Gipfeln, wo Indra der Vorderste ist, treibst du für diese die Wohnsitze an, reich an sesshafter Fülle. Und wie die Geflügelten sich im Flug ausbreiten, so nehmen sie wahrlich ihre Standorte ein nach deinem Antrieb, o Savitṛ.

इन्द्रज्येष्ठान्Indra-as-chief / having Indra as the foremost (ones)
इन्द्रज्येष्ठान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootइन्द्र-ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
बृहद्भ्यःfrom the great (ones)
बृहद्भ्यः:
अपादान
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वतेभ्यःfrom the mountains
पर्वतेभ्यः:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षयान्abodes, dwellings
क्षयान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
एभ्यःfrom these
एभ्यः:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सुवसिI dwell well / I abide prosperously
सुवसि:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootसु-√वस् (धातु: वस् ‘to dwell/abide’; उपसर्ग ‘सु’)
पस्त्यावतः(those) possessing homesteads
पस्त्यावतः:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootपस्त्यावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a homestead/dwelling’)
यथाas, in whatever manner
यथा:
अधिकारण (रीति/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
यथाjust as
यथा:
अधिकारण (रीति/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
पतयन्तःflying, speeding
पतयन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Root√पत् (धातु ‘to fly/fall’) → पतयन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/प्रत्यय -यन्त्)
वियेमिःthey went apart / they dispersed
वियेमिः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√या (धातु ‘to go, move’; उपसर्ग ‘वि’)
एवjust, indeed
एव:
(निपात; बल/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
एवeven so
एव:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
तस्थुःthey stood / they remained
तस्थुः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (धातु ‘to stand’)
सवितःO Savitṛ
सवितः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
सवायfor the impelling / for the stimulation
सवाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootसव (प्रातिपदिक)
तेof you, your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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