Rig Veda 10.11.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 11, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.11
Rishi: Traditional: often attributed within RV 10.11 to a seer of the late Maṇḍala 10 corpus (exact r̥ṣi uncertain from provided data)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सदासि रण्वो यवसेव पुष्यते होत्राभिरग्ने मनुषः स्वध्वरः । विप्रस्य वा यच्छशमान उक्थ्यं वाजं ससवाँ उपयासि भूरिभिः ॥
Transliteration
sádāsi raṇvó yávaseva púṣyate hótṛābhir agne mánuṣaḥ svadhvaráḥ | víprasya vā yác chaśamāná ukthyàṃ vā́jaṃ sasavā́ṃ upayā́si bhū́ribhiḥ ||
Translation
汝はつねに歓喜すべき者。人が秩序正しく祭（ヤジュニャ）を営むとき、アグニよ、汝は諸ホートラ（招請の行）によって、牧草のごとく生い茂る。さらに、ヴィプラ（霊感の詩聖）が励みつつ、讃歌にふさわしい力満つるヴァージャ（vāja）を勝ち得るとき、汝は多くの豊饒を携えて近づき来たる。
Word by Word
सदाalways
सदा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
असिyou are
असि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
रण्वःdelightful, gladdening
रण्वः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरण्व (प्रातिपदिक)
यवसेfor pasture/grass (fodder)
यवसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootयवस (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
(सम्बन्ध/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
पुष्यतेthrives, prospers
पुष्यते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपुष् (धातु)
होत्राभिःwith invocations/offerings of the Hotṛ
होत्राभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहोत्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
मनुषःof Manu
मनुषः:
Sambandha (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वध्वरःof good rite / with good sacrifice
स्वध्वरः:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-ध्वर (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग+ध्वर)
विप्रस्यof the inspired poet (vipra)
विप्रस्य:
Sambandha (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
(सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शशमानःpraising, reciting
शशमानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootशंस् (धातु) → शशमान (कृदन्त)
उक्थ्यम्worthy of hymn / to be praised in an uktha
उक्थ्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootउक्थ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजम्prize, strength, (victorious) gain
वाजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
ससवान्having won/obtained
ससवान्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootसू (धातु) → ससवान् (कृदन्त/परिप्रयोग)
उपयासिyou approach, come near
उपयासि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-या (धातु)
भूरिभिःwith many (gifts/means), abundantly
भूरिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootभूरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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