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Rig Veda 5.3.11: Mandala 5, Sukta 3, Mantra 11

Sukta 5.3

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional ascription for RV 5.3)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वमङ्ग जरितारं यविष्ठ विश्वान्यग्ने दुरिताति पर्षि । स्तेना अदृश्रन्रिपवो जनासोऽज्ञातकेता वृजिना अभूवन् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.3.11
Transliteration

tvám aṅgá jaritā́raṃ yaviṣṭha víśvāny agne duritā́ti parṣi | stenā́ adṛśran ripávo jánāso 'jñātaketā vṛjinā́ abhūvan ||

Translation

Du, o Agni, der Jüngste, trägst den Sänger über alle Notgänge und Übel hinweg. Sichtbar wurden die Diebe; die feindlichen Menschen — in ihrer Absicht unerkannt — erwiesen sich als krumme, verderbliche Mächte.

Word by Word
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अङ्गindeed, surely
अङ्ग:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअङ्ग (निपात)
जरितारम्the singer/praiser
जरितारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (प्रातिपदिक; √गॄ/गृ ‘स्तु’ → ‘जर्’ परम्परया ‘स्तोतृ’)
यविष्ठO youngest (Agni)
यविष्ठ:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootयुव (प्रातिपदिक) → यविष्ठ (श्रेष्ठतमा-तुल्य; अतिशयार्थक)
विश्वानिall (things)
विश्वानि:
कर्म
TypeAdjective/Substantive
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
दुरितातिfrom/over (all) distress, from sin
दुरिताति:
अपादान
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial)
Rootदुरित (प्रातिपदिक) + -आति (अव्ययीभाव/तद्धित; ‘से/से होकर’)
पर्षिyou carry across, save
पर्षि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ (पॄ/पॢ) ‘पारयति, तारयति’
स्तेनाःthieves
स्तेनाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootस्तेन (प्रातिपदिक)
अदृश्रन्appeared, were seen
अदृश्रन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√दृश् ‘दर्शने’ (aorist stem with augment a-)
रिपवःenemies
रिपवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootरिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
जनासःpeoples, men
जनासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक) / जनास् (वैदिक बहुवचन-प्रातिपदिक)
अज्ञातकेताःof unknown intent/sign, unrecognized
अज्ञातकेताः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-ज्ञात (√ज्ञा क्त) + केतु (प्रातिपदिक)
वृजिनाःcrooked, wicked
वृजिनाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective/Substantive
Rootवृजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
अभूवन्became, were
अभूवन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भू ‘भवति’
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