Rig Veda 5.7.6: Mandala 5, Sukta 7, Mantra 6
Sukta 5.7
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional ascription for RV 5.7)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यं मर्त्यः पुरुस्पृहं विदद्विश्वस्य धायसे । प्र स्वादनं पितूनामस्ततातिं चिदायवे ॥
Transliteration
yáṃ mártyaḥ puru-spṛ́haṃ vidád víśvasya dhā́yase | prá svā́danaṃ pitū́nām ásta-tātiṃ cid ā́yave ||
Translation
Wen der Sterbliche findet – den Vielbegehrten – als den Stifter des Alls, der bringt dem Suchenden die Süße der Nährungen hervor, ja selbst eine sich weitende Fülle des häuslichen Anteils.
Word by Word
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मर्त्यःa mortal
मर्त्यः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; √मृ ‘to die’ से)
पुरुस्पृहम्much-longed-for
पुरुस्पृहम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु-स्पृह (समास; पुरु ‘much’ + स्पृह ‘desire/longing’)
विदत्found / came to know
विदत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (वेद्) ‘to find/know’
विश्वस्यof all
विश्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
धायसेfor nourishment (for the sustaining power)
धायसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootधायस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘nourishment/refreshment/strength’)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
स्वादनम्sweetness; pleasant taste
स्वादनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्वादन (प्रातिपदिक; √स्वद् ‘to be sweet/taste’ से)
पितूनाम्of foods / of nourishments
पितूनाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootपितु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘food, nourishment’)
अस्ततातिम्expansion; wide extension
अस्ततातिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअस्ताति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘spreading/extension’, √स्तॄ/√स्तृ ‘to spread’ से)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
आयवेfor life; for longevity
आयवे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootआयु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘life, lifetime’)
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