Rig Veda 5.25.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 25, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.25
Devata: Agni (Hotṛ, Vibhāvasu)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स हि सत्यो यं पूर्वे चिद्देवासश्चिद्यमीधिरे । होतारं मन्द्रजिह्वमित्सुदीतिभिर्विभावसुम् ॥
Transliteration
sá hí satyó yáṃ pū́rve cid devā́saś cid yám ī́dhire | hótāraṃ mandrájihvam ít sudītíbhir vibhā́vasum ||
Translation
For he is the true one—him whom even the ancient gods kindled: the Invoker with the rapturous tongue, the all-illumining One with bright kindlings.
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
कर्तृ (वाक्य-विषयः) / निर्देश्यः
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
सत्यःtrue, truthful
सत्यः:
कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + य) अथवा √अस् (सत्)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म (ईधिरे इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेthe former ones, the ancients
पूर्वे:
कर्तृ (ईधिरे इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
कर्तृ (ईधिरे इत्यस्य; पूर्वे इत्यस्य समन्वयः)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
यम्whom
यम्:
कर्म (ईधिरे इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ईधिरेthey kindled, they set ablaze
ईधिरे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: पूर्वे देवासः; कर्म: यम्)
TypeVerb
Root√इध् (इधँ दीप्तौ/समिद्धौ)
होतारम्the Hotar (sacrificial priest)
होतारम्:
कर्म (स्तुति/आह्वान-प्रसङ्गे ‘him as Hotar’)
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to sacrifice’ → होतृ)
मन्द्रजिह्वम्with gladdening/pleasant tongue
मन्द्रजिह्वम्:
कर्म-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used as epithet)
Rootमन्द्र + जिह्व (समासः; जिह्वा-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात; emphatic)
सुदीतिभिःwith bright splendours
सुदीतिभिः:
करण (विभावसुम् इत्यस्य/ईधिरे इत्यस्य साधनम्: ‘with bright splendours’)
TypeNoun (instrumental plural; abstract/collective)
Rootसु + दीति (प्रातिपदिक; √दी ‘to shine’ → दीति ‘splendour/brightness’)
विभावसुम्the radiant one (Agni)
विभावसुम्:
कर्म (स्तुत्य/आह्वेयः)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootविभावसु (प्रातिपदिक; वि + भावसु ‘shining, radiant’)
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Vedic Cosmology
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Chanting Notes
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