Rig Veda 5.57.5: Mandala 5, Sukta 57, Mantra 5

Sukta 5.57

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पुरुद्रप्सा अञ्जिमन्तः सुदानवस्त्वेषसंदृशो अनवभ्रराधसः । सुजातासो जनुषा रुक्मवक्षसो दिवो अर्का अमृतं नाम भेजिरे ॥

Transliteration

puru-drā́psā añjí-mantaḥ sudā́navas tveṣá-sandṛśo anavabhrá-rādhasaḥ | sujātā́so jánuṣā rukmá-vakṣaso divó arkā́ amṛ́taṃ nā́ma bhejire ||

Translation

Riches de gouttes lumineuses, resplendissants dans leur parure, généreux, terribles à voir, à la largesse sans nuage; bien nés dès la naissance, aux poitrines d’or — eux, hymnes du Ciel, se sont approprié le Nom immortel.

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Word by Word

• पुरुद्रप्साः: having many drops/splendours
• पुरुद्रप्साः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु- (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रप्सा- (प्रातिपदिक, ‘द्रप्स’)

• अञ्जिमन्तः: possessing adornment/unguent; well-adorned
• अञ्जिमन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अञ्जि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘ointment/unguent, adornment’) + -मन्त् (मतुप्)

• सुदानवः: good-giving, bountiful
• सुदानवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + दानु- (प्रातिपदिक ‘giver’)

• त्वेषसंदृशः: of blazing appearance
• त्वेषसंदृशः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वेष- (प्रातिपदिक ‘fiery, brilliant’) + संदृश् (प्रातिपदिक ‘in appearance/looking like’; from √दृश्)

• अनवभ्रराधसः: whose bounty is without blemish; faultless in gifts
• अनवभ्रराधसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन- (नञ्) + अवभ्र- (प्रातिपदिक ‘defect/blemish’, Vedic) + राधस्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘gift, bounty, favour’)

• सुजातासः: well-born
• सुजातासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + जात- (कृदन्त; past passive participle from √जन् ‘to be born’)

• जनुषा: by birth, by lineage
• जनुषा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनुष्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘birth, lineage’; from √जन्)

• रुक्मवक्षसः: golden-breasted; with golden chests
• रुक्मवक्षसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्म- (प्रातिपदिक ‘gold, golden ornament’) + वक्षस्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘breast/chest’)

• दिवः: of heaven, heavenly
• दिवः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक ‘sky, heaven’)

• अर्काः: rays; hymns of praise
• अर्काः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क- (प्रातिपदिक ‘ray; hymn/praise’)

• अमृतम्: immortality; ambrosial (state)
• अमृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत- (प्रातिपदिक ‘immortal; ambrosia’)

• नाम: (as) the name; namely
• नाम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘name’)

• भेजिरे: they have attained/partaken; they have taken to
• भेजिरे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भज् (भजँ सेवायाम्/विभागे)