Rig Veda 5.43.7 - Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 7

Various Rishis

←Previous MantraNext Mantra→

Rig Veda 5.43.7: Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 7

Sukta 5.43

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (attribution for RV 5.43 generally)

Devata: Agni (with the Gharma/Tapas aspect; verse culminates in Agni as inner seat of ṛta)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 5.43; this verse fits the Trishtubh cadence)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अञ्जन्ति यं प्रथयन्तो न विप्रा वपावन्तं नाग्निना तपन्तः । पितुर्न पुत्र उपसि प्रेष्ठ आ घर्मो अग्निमृतयन्नसादि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.43.7

Transliteration

añjánti yáṃ pratháyanto ná víprā vapā́vantaṃ nā́gnínā tápantaḥ | pitúr ná putrá upási préṣṭha ā́ gharmó agním ṛtáyan asādi ||

Translation

Ihn salben und weiten die Erleuchteten – nicht wie gewöhnliche Seher – sie nähren die Flamme, wie man die Opfergabe hegt; mit Feuer entfachend mehren sie die Glut der Wandlung. Wie ein Sohn dem Vater, nah und lieb, tritt die geliebte Wärme herzu; das ṛta begründend nimmt sie in Agni in uns ihren Sitz.

Word by Word

अञ्जन्तिthey anoint / smear

यम्whom

प्रथयन्तःspreading / making wide

नlike

विप्राःinspired sages / priests

वपावन्तम्possessing the sacrificial caul/fat (vapa)

नlike

अग्निनाwith fire

तपन्तःheating / burning

पितुःof the father

नlike

पुत्रःa son

उपसिin the lap / on the bosom

प्रेष्ठःdearest

आtowards / unto

घर्मःthe hot drink / heated offering (gharma)

अग्निम्Agni / fire

ऋतयन्acting according to ṛta / keeping to cosmic order

असादिsat down / came to / approached

Ask anything about this verse

Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.

Not sure where to start?

A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.

Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app

Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.

Continue reading in the Vedapath app

Open in App