Rig Veda 5.40.8 — Mandala 5, Sukta 40, Mantra 8

Sukta 5.40

Rishi: Atri Bhāuma

Devata: Sūrya (restored); also the Devāḥ collectively as recipients of hymn and namas

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical check)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ग्राव्णो ब्रह्मा युयुजानः सपर्यन्कीरिणा देवान्नमसोपशिक्षन् । अत्रिः सूर्यस्य दिवि चक्षुराधात्स्वर्भानोरप माया अघुक्षत् ॥

Transliteration

grā́vṇo brahmā́ yuyujānás saparyán kīríṇā devā́n námasopáśikṣan | átriḥ sū́ryasya diví cákṣur ā́dhāt svàr-bhānor ápa māyā́ adhukṣat ||

Translation

Der Brahman-Priester, die Presssteine zur Arbeit fügend, verehrend, die Götter mit Verneigung und Hymnus unterweisend – Atri setzte das Auge der Sonne am Himmel fest und melkte die Trugbilder des Svarbhānu hinweg.

Word by Word

• ग्राव्णः: of the pressing-stone
• ग्राव्णः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रावन्

• ब्रह्मा: the priest (brahman), sacred utterer
• ब्रह्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्

• युयुजानः: yoking, harnessing; engaging
• युयुजानः: Kartā (qualifying ब्रह्मा)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: युज्

• सपर्यन्: worshipping, serving
• सपर्यन्: Kartā (qualifying ब्रह्मा)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: सपर्य्

• कीरिणा: with a singer/poet (hymnist)
• कीरिणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीरि

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव

• नमसा: with reverence, with homage
• नमसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्

• उपशिक्षन्: instructing/teaching (them), guiding
• उपशिक्षन्: Kartā (qualifying ब्रह्मा)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: उप-शिक्ष्

• अत्रिः: Atri (the seer)
• अत्रिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: अत्रि

• सूर्यस्य: of the Sun
• सूर्यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्

• आधात्: he placed; he set
• आधात्: Kriyā (finite verb of the clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-धा

• स्वर्भानोः: from Svarbhānu
• स्वर्भानोः: Apādāna (source, with अप)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: स्वर्भानु

• अप: away, off
• अप: Upasarga (modifying the verb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप

• मायाः: deceptions, magical powers
• मायाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया

• अघुक्षत्: he drove away; he dispelled
• अघुक्षत्: Kriyā (finite verb of the clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अघुक्ष्