Rig Veda 3.9.5: Mandala 3, Sukta 9, Mantra 5
Sukta 3.9
Rishi: Gāthina Viśvāmitra
Devata: Agni; with Mātariśvan as mythic agent
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ससृवांसमिव त्मनाग्निमित्था तिरोहितम् । ऐनं नयन्मातरिश्वा परावतो देवेभ्यो मथितं परि ॥
Transliteration
sasṛvā́ṃsam iva tmánāgním itthā́ tiróhitaṃ | áinaṃ nayan mātáriśvā parāváto devébhyo mathitáṃ pári ||
Translation
Como quien fluye por su propia naturaleza—así era Agni, así oculto. Mātariśvan lo condujo desde el lejano más allá, frotado (batido) para los dioses y traído aquí.
Word by Word
ससृवांसम्(him) having flowed/streamed forth
ससृवांसम्:
कर्म (उपमान-रूपेण ‘अग्निम्’ विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootसृ (धातु) → ससृवांस् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
त्मनाby (his) own self; of himself
त्मना:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्निम्Agni (the fire)
अग्निम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
इत्थाthus, in this manner
इत्था:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्था
तिरोहितम्hidden, concealed
तिरोहितम्:
कर्म (अग्निम् विशेषयति)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootतिरस् + √धा/√हि (निहित ‘हित’), प्रातिपदिक: तिरोहित
एनम्him (that one)
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नयन्leading, bringing
नयन्:
कर्ता
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootनी (धातु) → नयत्/नयन्
मातरिश्वाMātariśvan (the bringer of fire)
मातरिश्वा:
कर्ता
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootमातरिश्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; देव-नाम)
परावतःfrom afar; from the distant region
परावतः:
अपादान
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेभ्यःto/for the gods
देवेभ्यः:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मथितम्churned forth, produced by friction
मथितम्:
कर्म (अग्निम्/एनम् विशेषयति)
TypeParticiple
Rootमथ् (धातु) → मथित
परिaround; forth (as intensifier)
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / adverb
Rootपरि
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