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Rig Veda 5.54.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 54, Mantra 3

Sukta 5.54

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (attributed for RV 5.54 as a whole)
Devata: Maruts (storm-host; dynamic powers allied to Indra)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 5.54; verse-length and cadence align with triṣṭubh norms)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विद्युन्महसो नरो अश्मदिद्यवो वातत्विषो मरुतः पर्वतच्युतः । अब्दया चिन्मुहुरा ह्रादुनीवृतः स्तनयदमा रभसा उदोजसः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.54.3
Transliteration

vidyún-mahasaḥ naraḥ aśma-didyavaḥ vā́ta-tviṣaḥ marútaḥ párvata-cyutaḥ | abdáyā cit múhur ā́ hrāduní-vṛtaḥ stanáyad-amā́ rabhasā́ úd-ojasaḥ ||

Translation

O Maruts, lichtglänzende Helden der Weite des Blitzes, steinaufleuchtend, windentflammt, die ihr die Berge aus ihrer Festigkeit löst! Immer wieder, selbst über den Wassern, kommt ihr, verhüllt im rollenden Dröhnen; aus nächster Nähe donnernd, ungestüm, in Kraft emporbrandend.

Word by Word
विद्युत्lightning
विद्युत्:
विशेष्य (उपमान) / अधिकरण-सम्बन्ध (उपमा-निर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्युत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘lightning’)
महसःof might / of greatness
महसः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of might’
TypeNoun
Rootमहस्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘greatness, might’)
नlike, as
न:
सम्बन्ध-निर्देशक (उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
नरःmen, heroes
नरः:
कर्तृ (वर्ण्य-समूहः)
TypeNoun
Rootनर- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘man, hero’)
अश्मदिद्यवःstone-flashing / flashing like stone (i.e., with hard, bright flashes)
अश्मदिद्यवः:
विशेषण (नरः/मरुतः)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootअश्मन्- + दिद्यु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘stone’ + ‘shining/flash’)
वातत्विषःwind-impetuous / having the force (or brilliance) of wind
वातत्विषः:
विशेषण (नरः/मरुतः)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootवात- + त्विष्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wind’ + ‘glow, brilliance, impetuous force’)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्तृ (मुख्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Marut’)
पर्वतच्युतःmountain-shaking / causing mountains to slip
पर्वतच्युतः:
विशेषण (मरुतः)
TypeAdjective (compound; participial)
Rootपर्वत- + च्युत- (√च्यु ‘to fall, slip’ क्त)
अब्दयाwith the waters / with the cloud
अब्दया:
करण (instrument) — ‘with/by the waters (cloud)’
TypeNoun
Rootअब्द- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘water, cloud/waters’)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
अर्थ-प्रबलक (emphatic)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
मुहुःagain and again, repeatedly
मुहुः:
काल-अधिकरण (adverb of time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुहुः (अव्यय)
आtowards, forth
आ:
क्रिया-विशेषक (directional/intensifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
ह्रादुनीवृतःencompassed by roaring (sounds) / surrounded by rumbling
ह्रादुनीवृतः:
विशेषण (मरुतः)
TypeAdjective (compound; participial)
Rootह्रादुनी- + वृत- (√वृ ‘to cover, surround’ क्त)
स्तनयदमाthundering (indeed/for emphasis)
स्तनयदमा:
विशेषण (मरुतः)
TypeAdjective (kṛdanta + particle)
Rootस्तनयद्- (√स्तन्/स्तनय् ‘to thunder’ शतृ/वर्तमान-कृदन्त) + मा (अव्यय/पदपूरण)
रभसाःimpetuous, violent
रभसाः:
विशेषण (मरुतः)
TypeAdjective
Rootरभस- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘impetuous, violent, swift’)
उदोजसःof upsurging strength / with exalted vigor
उदोजसः:
विशेषण (मरुतः)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootउत्- + ओजस्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strength, vigor’)
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