Rig Veda 5.78.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 78, Mantra 8
Sukta 5.78
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Ashvins (implicit within hymn’s devatā frame)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यथा वातो यथा वनं यथा समुद्र एजति । एवा त्वं दशमास्य सहावेहि जरायुणा ॥
Transliteration
yáthā vā́to yáthā vánam yáthā samudrá éjati | evā́ tváṃ daśamāsya sahā́vehi jarā́yuṇā ||
Translation
Wie der Wind sich regt, wie der Wald schwankt, wie der Ozean wogt,— so steige auch du, o Zehnmonatskind, herab und tritt hervor, zusammen mit der Geburtsmembran (jarāyu).
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya-prātipadika)
वातःthe wind
वातः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात (prātipadika; from √वा ‘to blow’)
यथाjust as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya-prātipadika)
वनम्the forest / wood
वनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवन (prātipadika)
यथाjust as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya-prātipadika)
समुद्रःthe ocean
समुद्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (prātipadika)
एजतिmoves / trembles
एजति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√एज् (एजँ) ‘to move, tremble’
एवthus / just so
एव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (avyaya)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
दशमास्यO ten-month (one) (i.e., full-term child)
दशमास्य:
—
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootदश-मास्य (tatpuruṣa-bahuvrīhi adj.; दश ‘ten’ + मास ‘month’ + -य)
सहtogether with
सह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (avyaya/preposition-like)
आforth / towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
इहिcome! / go forth!
इहि:
—
TypeVerb (imperative)
Root√इ (इण्) ‘to go’
जरायुणाwith the afterbirth / with the fetal membrane
जरायुणा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootजरायु (prātipadika)
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