Rig Veda 5.9.6: Mandala 5, Sukta 9, Mantra 6
Sukta 5.9
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable for 5.9)
Devata: Agni (with explicit association to Mitra as supporting power)
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain from single verse; requires scan of full hymn 5.9)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तवाहमग्न ऊतिभिर्मित्रस्य च प्रशस्तिभिः । द्वेषोयुतो न दुरिता तुर्याम मर्त्यानाम् ॥
Transliteration
tavā́ham agne ūtíbhiḥ mitrásya ca práśastibhiḥ | dveṣó-yuto ná duritā́ turyā́ma mártyānām ||
Translation
O Agni, gestützt durch deine Hilfen und durch Mitras heilsame Zusprüche, möge ich, vom Joch der Feindschaft gelöst, die schweren Übergänge der Sterblichen überschreiten.
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतिभिःwith (your) aids / protections
ऊतिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रस्यof Mitra
मित्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रशस्तिभिःwith praises / laudations
प्रशस्तिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-शस्ति (प्रातिपदिक; √शंस्/शस् ‘to praise’ से)
द्वेषोयुतःjoined with hatred / accompanied by hostility
द्वेषोयुतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootद्वेषस् (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त; √यु ‘to join, yoke’)
नlike / as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
दुरितानिevils, misfortunes
दुरितानि:
कर्म (तु॒र्याम् के साथ)
TypeNoun
Rootदुरित (प्रातिपदिक)
तुर्याम्may I overcome / cross
तुर्याम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√तॄ (तॄ/तॄण् ‘to cross over, overcome’)
मर्त्यानाम्of mortals / of men
मर्त्यानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
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