Rig Veda 5.5.8 — Mandala 5, Sukta 5, Mantra 8
Sukta 5.5
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (RV 5.5)
Devata: Iḷā, Sarasvatī, Mahī (triad of goddesses)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इळा सरस्वती मही तिस्रो देवीर्मयोभुवः । बर्हिः सीदन्त्वस्रिधः ॥
Transliteration
iḷā́ sárasvatī mahī́ tísro devī́r mayobhúvaḥ | barhíḥ sīdantv asrídhaḥ ||
Translation
Iḷā, Sarasvatī, Mahī — tres diosas que engendran la dicha— que se sienten en el asiento sagrado, infalibles en su sostén.
Word by Word
इळाIḷā (goddess of invocation/refreshment)
इळा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइळा (प्रातिपदिक)
सरस्वतीSarasvatī (goddess/river)
सरस्वती:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
महीMahī (the Great one; a goddess)
मही:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक; मह्/महत्- ‘great’ से)
तिस्रःthree (feminine)
तिस्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (Numeral)
Rootत्रि (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
देवीःgoddesses
देवीः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
मयोभुवःbringing delight/benefit; beneficent
मयोभुवः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootमयोभू (प्रातिपदिक; मयस् ‘आनन्द/सुख’ + भू ‘to be’)
बर्हिःon the sacred grass (barhis); the ritual seat
बर्हिः:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सीदन्तुlet them sit down
सीदन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसद् (धातु) → सीदति
अस्रिधःunfailing; unerring
अस्रिधः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअस्रिध् (प्रातिपदिक; a- + स्रिध् ‘to fail/err’)
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