Rig Veda 5.9.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 9, Mantra 3
Sukta 5.9
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (probable for 5.9)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh/Gāyatrī-family short meter (uncertain; requires scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत स्म यं शिशुं यथा नवं जनिष्टारणी । धर्तारं मानुषीणां विशामग्निं स्वध्वरम् ॥
Transliteration
uta sma yaṁ śiśuṁ yathā navaṁ janiṣṭā araṇī | dhartāraṁ mānuṣīṇāṁ viśām agniṁ su-adhvaram ||
Translation
And indeed, him whom the two araṇīs beget like a newborn child—Agni, the upholder of the human communities—him, the one of good sacrifice, they establish for the right rite.
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
स्मindeed, surely
स्म:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शिशुम्the child, the young one
शिशुम्:
Karma (यम् इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्य) / कर्मपद-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootशिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
यथाas, like
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
नवम्new, fresh
नवम्:
Karma (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootनव (प्रातिपदिक)
जनिष्टाwas born, came to be
जनिष्टा:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) → जनिष्टा (वेद. परस्मैपद-लुङ्/अोरिस्ट)
अरणीthe fire-drill (arani)
अरणी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअरणि (प्रातिपदिक)
धर्तारम्the supporter, sustainer
धर्तारम्:
Karma (अग्निम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeNoun (agent) / Epithet
Rootधृ (धातु) → धर्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
मानुषीणाम्of the human (women/folk)
मानुषीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमानुषी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मानुष’ से स्त्री)
विशाम्of the clans, of the settlements
विशाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni (fire)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वध्वरम्of good rite; with good sacrifice/ceremony
स्वध्वरम्:
Karma (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक) → स्वध्वर
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