Rig Veda 5.52.13 — Mandala 5, Sukta 52, Mantra 13

Sukta 5.52

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional ascription for RV 5.52)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs pada-count confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य ऋष्वा ऋष्टिविद्युतः कवयः सन्ति वेधसः । तमृषे मारुतं गणं नमस्या रमया गिरा ॥

Transliteration

ya ṛ́ṣvā ṛ́ṣṭi-vidyutaḥ kaváyaḥ sánti védhasaḥ | tám ṛṣe mārútam gáṇaṃ namasyā́ ramáyā girā́ ||

Translation

Ceux qui sont élevés, aux lances fulgurantes, poètes et sages ordonnateurs — ô rishi, rends hommage à cette gana des Maruts et réjouis-les d’une parole joyeuse.

Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ऋष्वाः: lofty, exalted
• ऋष्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋष्व (adj. prātipadika)

• ऋष्टिविद्युतः: having spear-like flashes (gleaming like spears)
• ऋष्टिविद्युतः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋष्टि-विद्युत् (tatpuruṣa/karmadhāraya compound; prātipadika)

• कवयः: seers, poets
• कवयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (prātipadika)

• सन्ति: are
• सन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• वेधसः: wise ones, inspired sages
• वेधसः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (prātipadika)

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ऋषे: to the seer
• ऋषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (prātipadika)

• मारुतम्: Marut-host’s, belonging to the Maruts
• मारुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मारुत (adj. prātipadika; ‘of the Maruts’)

• गणम्: troop, host
• गणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (prātipadika)

• नमस्या: reverently, with homage
• नमस्या: —
• Type: Kṛdanta (indeclinable use)
• Root: नमस् (prātipadika) + य (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय; gerundive/absolutive-like Vedic form used adverbially)

• रमया: with a pleasing
• रमया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम (prātipadika; ‘delightful/pleasing’)

• गिरा: speech, hymn
• गिरा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (prātipadika)