Rig Veda 5.42.14 — Mandala 5, Sukta 42, Mantra 14

Sukta 5.42

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) — traditional attribution for RV 5.42

Devata: Storm-lord as ‘iḷas pati’ (likely Indra/Parjanya aspect: thundering, raining, moving waters)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र सुष्टुतिः स्तनयन्तं रुवन्तमिळस्पतिं जरितर्नूनमश्याः । यो अब्दिमाँ उदनिमाँ इयर्ति प्र विद्युता रोदसी उक्षमाणः ॥

Transliteration

prá suṣṭutíḥ stanáyantaṃ ruvántaṃ iḷás pátiṃ jaritar nū́nam aśyāḥ | yó abdimā́ṃ udanimā́ṃ íyarti prá vidyútā ródasī ukṣámāṇaḥ ||

Translation

Möge, o Sänger, das wohlgefügte Lob nun den Herrn der Libation erreichen — den Donnernden, den Brüllenden; ihn, der die ozeanische und die wässrige Weite in Bewegung setzt und mit Blitz die beiden Welten begießt.

Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सु-स्तुतिः: good praise (hymn of praise)
• सु-स्तुतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तु (dhātu) → स्तुति (prātipadika) with सु-

• स्तनयन्तम्: thundering
• स्तनयन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: स्तनय् (dhātu) / स्तनय (onomat.)

• रुवन्तम्: roaring, sounding
• रुवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle
• Root: रु (dhātu)

• इळस्पतिम्: lord of iḷā (libation/praise), i.e. Agni
• इळस्पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इळस्-पति (prātipadika) [इळस्/इड् ‘refreshment, libation; praise’ + पति]

• जरितः: O singer/praiser
• जरितः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (prātipadika from √गॄ/√जर् ‘to sing/praise’)

• नूनम्: now, indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (avyaya)

• अश्याः: may you attain/obtain
• अश्याः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश् (dhātu)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अब्दिमान्: possessing the cloud/waters (cloud-bearing)
• अब्दिमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अब्दि-मान् (prātipadika) [अब्दि ‘cloud/waters’ + -मान् ‘possessing’]

• उदनिमान्: possessing waters
• उदनिमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदनि-मान् (prātipadika) [उदन्/उदनि ‘water’ + -मान्]

• इयर्ति: sets in motion, impels
• इयर्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर्/इर् (dhātu) ‘to set in motion, raise’

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• विद्युता: with lightning
• विद्युता: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्युत् (prātipadika)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (dual prātipadika) ‘heaven-and-earth’

• उक्षमाणः: sprinkling, raining
• उक्षमाणः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: उक्ष् (dhātu) ‘to sprinkle; to moisten; to rain’