Rig Veda 5.27.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 27, Mantra 4
Sukta 5.27
Devata: Agni (implicit hymn-context) and the power of Ṛc/Vāc; reference to aśvamedha as ritual frame
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो म इति प्रवोचत्यश्वमेधाय सूरये । दददृचा सनिं यते ददन्मेधामृतायते ॥
Transliteration
yó ma íti pra-vócati aśvámedhāya sūráye | dádad ṛcā́ saníṃ yaté dádhan medhā́m ṛtāyáté ||
Translation
Wer für mich verkündet: »So!« — dem Helden, zum Aśvamedha; der dem Strebenden durch die ṛc Gewinn verleiht, der dem im ṛta Wandelnden medhā schenkt.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माम्me
माम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इतिthus, ‘so’
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रवोचतिspeaks forth, proclaims
प्रवोचति:
कर्तृ-क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (वदने) + प्र
अश्वमेधायfor the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
अश्वमेधाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व + मेध)
सूरयेto the patron/lord (sūri)
सूरये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootसूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
ददत्giving
ददत्:
कर्तृ (प्रवोचति-कर्तुः सह) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
ऋचाwith a ṛc (hymn/verse)
ऋचा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऋच्/ऋचा (प्रातिपदिक)
सनिम्gain, prize
सनिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसनि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘gain, prize’)
यतेto the one who strives/seeks
यते:
कर्तृ-क्रिया (यः…)
TypeVerb
Rootयत् (प्रयत्ने/याचने) अथवा यम् (गत्यर्थ) — वैदिक प्रयोगे ‘यत’ = ‘strive/seek’
ददन्giving
ददन्:
कर्तृ (यः…)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने)
मेधाम्wisdom, intelligence
मेधाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमेधा (प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतायतेto the ṛta-seeker / one devoted to truth (ṛta)
ऋतायते:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootऋताय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘one devoted to ṛta/true order’)
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