Rig Veda 2.5.2: Mandala 2, Sukta 5, Mantra 2
Sukta 2.5
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Agni (as netṛ/leader and as priestly totality; also priest-function complex)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ यस्मिन्त्सप्त रश्मयस्तता यज्ञस्य नेतरि । मनुष्वद्दैव्यमष्टमं पोता विश्वं तदिन्वति ॥
Transliteration
ā́ yásmint saptá raśmáyas tatā́ yajñásya nétari | manuṣvád daívyam aṣṭamáṃ pótā víśvaṃ tád invati ||
Translation
He in whom the seven rays are stretched—he, the leader of the sacrifice—impels all that eighth, divine power which works in us as in man: the Pota, the purifier who makes the whole offering move toward its truth.
Word by Word
आhither, forth (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
यस्मिन्in whom/wherein
यस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
—
TypeNumeral
Rootसप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
रश्मयःrays, reins (lines)
रश्मयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)
तताःstretched, extended
तताः:
—
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Rootतन् (धातु) → तात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
यज्ञस्यof the sacrifice
यज्ञस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
नेतरिin/at the leader, guide
नेतरि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनेतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
मनुष्वत्like Manu; in human/Manu’s manner
मनुष्वत्:
—
TypeAdverbial (comparative manner)
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक) + वत्
दैव्यम्divine (thing/act)
दैव्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) → दैव्य (विशेषण)
अष्टमम्eighth
अष्टमम्:
Karma (विशेष्य ‘दैव्यम्’)
TypeAdjective (ordinal)
Rootअष्टम (क्रमवाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
पोताःthe Pūta/Poṭṛ priest (purifier-priest)
पोताः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपोतृ (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वम्all, the whole (of it)
विश्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (अन्वय: ‘विश्वं तत्’ = ‘all that’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्वतिimpels, sets in motion, furthers
इन्वति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइन्/इन्व् (धातु; ‘to set in motion, impel, further’)
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