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Rig Veda 5.18.5: Mandala 5, Sukta 18, Mantra 5

Sukta 5.18

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Tristubh (probable)

ये मे पञ्चाशतं ददुरश्वानां सधस्तुति । द्युमदग्ने महि श्रवो बृहत्कृधि मघोनां नृवदमृत नृणाम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.18.5

yé me pañcāśátaṃ dadúr áśvānāṃ sadhástuti | dyumád agne máhi śrávo bṛhát kṛdhi maghónāṃ nṛvád amṛta nṛṇā́m ||

Die, welche mir fünfzig Rosse der Kraft gaben — o Genosse in der Stätte des Lobpreises —, o lichtglänzender Agni, mache weit und groß das Ruhm‑Hören (śrávas) der Freigebigen; mannhaft unter den Männern, o Unsterblicher, der Männer.

येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
पञ्चाशतम्fifty
पञ्चाशतम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral
Rootपञ्चाशत् (saṅkhyā)
ददुःthey gave
ददुः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
अश्वानाम्of horses
अश्वानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (prātipadika)
सधस्तुतिO (Agni) of the seat/assembly’s praise; ‘praised in the common seat’
सधस्तुति:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootसधस् + स्तुति (समासः; prātipadika)
द्युमत्bright, splendid
द्युमत्:
Karma (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्यु-मत् (prātipadika; ‘having dyu/brightness’)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
महिgreatly
महि:
Viśeṣaṇa (adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि (avyaya; from मह्/महान् semantic base)
श्रवःfame, renown
श्रवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवस् (prātipadika)
बृहत्great, lofty
बृहत्:
Karma (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (prātipadika)
कृधिmake!
कृधि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (करणे)
मघोनाम्of the bountiful patrons
मघोनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमघवन् (prātipadika; ‘bountiful/giver’)
नृवत्manly, heroic
नृवत्:
Karma (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootनृ-वत् (prātipadika; ‘having men/heroic’)
अमृतO immortal one
अमृत:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun/Adjective (vocative epithet)
Rootअमृत (prātipadika)
नृणाम्of men
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (prātipadika)

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