Rig Veda 5.20.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 20, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.20
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gayatri (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये अग्ने नेरयन्ति ते वृद्धा उग्रस्य शवसः । अप द्वेषो अप ह्वरोऽन्यव्रतस्य सश्चिरे ॥
Transliteration
yé agne né rayanti te vṛ́ddhā ugrásya śávasaḥ | ápa dvéṣo ápa hváro 'nyavratásya saścire ||
Translation
Ceux, ô Agni, qui ne te poussent pas en avant — bien qu’ils aient grandi dans la force de ta puissance farouche — sont tombés dans la haine et la torsion, sur la voie de celui qui suit une autre loi (vrata).
Word by Word
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika ‘ya-’)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
(Sambodhana)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (prātipadika)
नेरयन्तिthey impel / set in motion
नेरयन्ति:
(Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootनीरय्/नेरय् (causative of √ईर्/√इर् ‘to set in motion, impel’)
तेyou (thee)
ते:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
वृद्धाःgrown/strong, mighty
वृद्धाः:
Kartā (apposition to ये)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृद्ध (prātipadika; PPP of √वृध् ‘to grow, increase’)
उग्रस्यof the fierce
उग्रस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (prātipadika)
शवसःof might/power
शवसः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootशवस् (prātipadika)
अपaway, off
अप:
(Upasarga to implied verbal idea ‘remove/drive away’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (avyaya)
द्वेषःhatred, hostility
द्वेषः:
Karma (thing to be removed)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वेषस् (prātipadika)
अपaway
अप:
(Upasarga)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (avyaya)
ह्वरःcrookedness, deceit/defect
ह्वरः:
Karma (thing to be removed)
TypeNoun
Rootह्वर (prātipadika)
अन्यव्रतस्यof one of alien/other observance (hostile/outsider)
अन्यव्रतस्य:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootअन्य-व्रत (tatpuruṣa prātipadika)
सश्चिरेthey have followed/attached themselves
सश्चिरे:
(Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Root√सच् (to accompany, follow, attach oneself)
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