Rig Veda 5.86.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 86, Mantra 3

Sukta 5.86

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Indra-Agni

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तयोरिदमवच्छवस्तिग्मा दिद्युन्मघोनोः । प्रति द्रुणा गभस्त्योर्गवां वृत्रघ्न एषते ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.86.3

Transliteration

táyor íd ámavac chávas tigmā́ didyún maghónoḥ | práti druṇā́ gabhástyor gávāṃ vṛtrághn éṣate ||

Translation

In dono mein bahut taakat hai. Chamak tez hai jo inke haathon se nikalti hai. Andheri jagah se roshni ko bahar laane ki koshish hoti hai. Jaise koi band kamre mein roshni dhundhta hai, waise hi yeh taakat gyaan ki kiranon tak pahunchne ki koshish karti hai.

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• तयोः: of those two / in those two
• तयोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → तयोः

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: कर्म (object) / विषय
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अवच्छवः: the (downward/covering) radiance; the dimming/overshadowing glow
• अवच्छवः: कर्म (object) / विषय
• Type: Noun (abstract/collective)
• Root: अवच्छवस् (प्रातिपदिक; अव- + छवस् ‘प्रकाश/तेजस्’)

• तिग्मा: sharp, keen
• तिग्मा: विशेषण (of दिद्युत्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिग्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिद्युत्: lightning, flash
• दिद्युत्: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक; from √द्युत् ‘to shine’)

• मघोनोः: of the two bountiful ones
• मघोनोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful, generous’) → मघोनोः

• प्रति: towards, against
• प्रति: दिशा/सम्बन्ध (preverb/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• द्रुणा: with/through a wooden (thing); with wood
• द्रुणा: करण (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wood, tree’) → द्रुण (instrumental form)

• गभस्त्योः: in/with the two hands (or: in the two rays)
• गभस्त्योः: अधिकारण/सम्बन्ध (locative/genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गभस्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hand/forearm; ray’) → गभस्त्योः

• गवाम्: of the cows
• गवाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) → गवाम्

• वृत्रघ्नः: the Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रघ्नः: कर्ता (subject)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वृत्रघ्न (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + घ्न ‘slayer’)

• एषते: moves/strives/presses forward
• एषते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √इष् (वेदिक: ‘to set in motion, to strive/seek’) → एषते