Rig Veda 5.25.9: Mandala 5, Sukta 25, Mantra 9

Sukta 5.25

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एवाँ अग्निं वसूयवः सहसानं ववन्दिम । स नो विश्वा अति द्विषः पर्षन्नावेव सुक्रतुः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.25.9

Transliteration

evā́ṃ agníṃ vasū-yávaḥ sahasā́naṃ vavandima | sá no víśvā ati dvíṣaḥ párṣan nā́vāiva su-krátuḥ ||

Translation

So haben wir, die nach wahren Schätzen verlangen, Agni, den Gewaltigen, verehrt. Möge er, von gutem und rechtem Willen, uns über alle Feindschaften und feindlichen Mächte hinübertragen, wie ein Schiff hinüberträgt.

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Word by Word

• एवाँ: thus, indeed
• एवाँ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (avyaya; Vedic variant एवाँ)

• अग्निम्: Agni
• अग्निम्: कर्म (of ववन्दिम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-

• वसूयवः: wealth-seekers
• वसूयवः: कर्तृ (of ववन्दिम)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वसूयु- (from desiderative sense of √वस्/वसु ‘wealth’ → ‘seeking wealth’)

• सहसानम्: mighty, overpowering
• सहसानम्: विशेषण (of कर्म अग्निम्)
• Type: Adjective (Participle)
• Root: सहसान- (present participle of √सह् ‘to be strong, overpower’)

• ववन्दिम: we have praised / we praise
• ववन्दिम: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वन्द् (perf. 1pl; Vedic perfect)

• सः: he (Agni)
• सः: कर्तृ (of पर्षत्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (pronoun)

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• विश्वाः: all
• विश्वाः: कर्म (with अति: ‘beyond all …’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-

• अति: beyond, over
• अति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अति

• द्विषः: haters, enemies
• द्विषः: कर्म (object-range: ‘enemies/haters’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विष्- (noun from √द्विष् ‘to hate’)

• पर्षत्: may he carry across / save
• पर्षत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पॄ/पृ (Vedic: ‘to carry across, save’; present subjunctive/imperative-like)

• न: us
• न: कर्म (of पर्षत्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: आ (preverb)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सुक्रतुः: of good resolve/wisdom
• सुक्रतुः: विशेषण (of कर्तृ सः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सु-क्रतु-