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Mantra 5

Sukta 3.8

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 3.8)
Devata: Vanaspati and the divine powers aiding the rite; inner sense: the growing divine formation in the ritual-psychic field
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)

जातो जायते सुदिनत्वे अह्नां समर्य आ विदथे वर्धमानः । पुनन्ति धीरा अपसो मनीषा देवया विप्र उदियर्ति वाचम् ॥

जा॒तो जा॑यते सुदिन॒त्वे अह्नां॑ सम॒र्य आ वि॒दथे॒ वर्ध॑मानः । पु॒नन्ति॒ धीरा॑ अ॒पसो॑ मनी॒षा दे॑व॒या विप्र॒ उदि॑यर्ति॒ वाच॑म् ॥

jā́to jā́yate sudinatvé ahnā́ṃ samaryá ā́ vidáthe várdhamānaḥ | punánti dhīrā́ apáso manīṣā́ devayā́ vípra úd iyarti vā́cam ||

Born, he is born again into the fair-dayhood of the days, growing in the common movement, in the assembly. The steadfast purify the works by inspired intelligence; the godward sage lifts up the Word.

जा॒तः । जा॒य॒ते॒ । सु॒दि॒न॒ऽत्वे । अह्ना॑म् । स॒ऽम॒र्ये । आ । वि॒दथे॑ । वर्ध॑मानः । पु॒नन्ति॑ । धीराः॑ । अ॒पसः॑ । म॒नी॒षा । दे॒व॒ऽयाः । विप्रः॑ । उत् । इ॒य॒र्ति॒ । वाच॑म् ॥जातः । जायते । सुदिनत्वे । अह्नाम् । समर्ये । आ । विदथे । वर्धमानः । पुनन्ति । धीराः । अपसः । मनीषा । देवयाः । विप्रः । उत् । इयर्ति । वाचम् ॥jātaḥ | jāyate | sudina-tve | ahnām | sa-marye | ā | vidathe | vardhamānaḥ | punanti | dhīrāḥ | apasaḥ | manīṣā | deva-yāḥ | vipraḥ | ut | iyarti | vācam

जातःborn; having been born
जातः:
Kartā (with implied subject)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle used predicatively)
Root√जन् (jan) / जात (ppp-stem)
जायतेis born; comes into being
जायते:
(intransitive) Kartā = the one who is born/comes to be
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (jan)
सुदिनत्वेin good-day-ness; in auspicious days/fortunate time
सुदिनत्वे:
Adhikaraṇa (locative: sphere/condition)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootसुदिनत्व (सु-दिन-त्व) (prātipadika)
अह्नाम्of days
अह्नाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (prātipadika)
समर्यःthe striving one; the combatant/contender
समर्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective (agentive epithet)
Rootसमर्य (prātipadika)
towards; unto
:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (upasarga)
विदथेat the rite/assembly; in the ceremonial distribution
विदथे:
Adhikaraṇa (locative)
TypeNoun
Rootविदथ (prātipadika)
वर्धमानःgrowing; increasing
वर्धमानः:
Kartā (agreeing with समर्यः)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√वृध् (vṛdh) / वर्धमान (present participle Ā)
पुनन्तिthey purify
पुनन्ति:
Kartā = subject (धीराḥ)
TypeVerb
Root√पू (pū) ‘to purify’
धीराḥthe inspired/wise ones
धीराḥ:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootधीर (prātipadika)
अपसःworks; ritual acts
अपसः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअपस् (prātipadika)
मनीषाby insight/thought
मनीषा:
Karaṇa (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषा (prātipadika)
देवयाin a godly way; with divine (impulse)
देवया:
Karaṇa (manner/instrument)
TypeAdjective (used adverbially/instrumentally)
Rootदेवया (prātipadika; ‘godward, divine’)
विप्रःthe inspired poet/seer
विप्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (prātipadika)
उदियर्तिraises; sends forth
उदियर्ति:
Kartā = विप्रः; Karma = वाचम्
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + √ईर्/√इर् (īr/ir) ‘to raise, set in motion’
वाचम्speech; utterance
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (prātipadika)