Rig Veda 5.53.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 53, Mantra 8
Sukta 5.53
Rishi: Atri (Atraya tradition) — commonly associated with Mandala 5 hymns
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ यात मरुतो दिव आन्तरिक्षादमादुत । माव स्थात परावतः ॥
Transliteration
ā yāta maruto divá ā́ntárikṣād amā́d utá | mā́va sthāta parāvátaḥ ||
Translation
Datanglah, wahai Marut, dari surga, dari ruang-antara (antarikṣa), dan dari yang dekat; janganlah kalian berdiri jauh di kejauhan.
Word by Word
आhither, towards (preverb: ‘to/near’)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
यातcome! (you all), go hither!
यात:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) / yā ‘to go’
मरुतःthe Maruts (storm-gods)
मरुतः:
Kartā (आह्वाने संबोधिताः) / Agent (vocative-like address)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक) / marut
दिवःfrom heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक) / div, dyu ‘sky, heaven’
आन्तरिक्षात्from the mid-air/atmosphere
आन्तरिक्षात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) / antarikṣa ‘mid-air’
अमात्from nearby, from home/close at hand
अमात्:
Apādāna (adverbial source)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअमा (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) / amā ‘at home, near’
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात) / ut
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā
वःfor you / of you (you all)
वः:
Sampradāna (recipient/concerned party)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम) / yuṣmad
स्थातstand, remain
स्थात:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु) / sthā ‘to stand’
परावतःfrom afar, from a distant region
परावतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक) / parāvat ‘distance, far region’
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