Rig Veda 3.55.5: Mandala 3, Sukta 55, Mantra 5
Sukta 3.55
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: The hidden One (asura-tvam ekam) manifesting through occult birth
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आक्षित्पूर्वास्वपरा अनूरुत्सद्यो जातासु तरुणीष्वन्तः । अन्तर्वतीः सुवते अप्रवीता महद्देवानामसुरत्वमेकम् ॥
Transliteration
ā-kṣít pū́rvāsv áparā anū́rut sadyó jātā́su táruṇīṣv antáḥ | antár-vatīḥ suvaté ápravītā mahád devā́nām asura-tvám ékam ||
Translation
後なるものは先なるもののうちに据えられ、響きをもたぬものは、生まれたての若き姿の内にある。内に宿す者は、告げられずして産み出す――神々のただ一つ、広大なるアスラの威力（asuratva）。
Word by Word
आक्षित्dwelling/abiding (in), settled
आक्षित्:
Kartā (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-क्षि (क्षिणोति/क्षयति) / prātipadika: आक्षित्
पूर्वासुin the former/earlier (ones)
पूर्वासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (prātipadika)
अपराthe later/other (one)
अपरा:
Kartā (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर (prātipadika)
अनूरुत्unhindered/without obstruction (Vedic epithet)
अनूरुत्:
Kartā (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनूरुत् (prātipadika; a- + ऊरु/रुत्? Vedic epithet)
सद्यःimmediately, at once
सद्यः:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (avyaya)
जातासुamong the born/produced (ones)
जातासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootजात (PPP of √जन्) / prātipadika: जात
तरुणीषुamong the young women/maidens
तरुणीषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतरुणी (prātipadika)
अन्तःwithin, inside
अन्तः:
Adverbial (स्थानवाचकः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः (avyaya)
अन्तर्वतीःthe inward/inner ones; those having (something) within
अन्तर्वतीः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअन्तर्वत् (prātipadika; ‘having an interior/within’)
सुवतेgives birth, brings forth
सुवते:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√सू (सुवति) / √सू (to beget, bring forth)
अप्रवीताunguided, unprompted; not led
अप्रवीता:
Kartā (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रवीत (prātipadika; a- + प्रवीत ‘guided/led forth’)
महत्great
महत्:
Karma (विधेय-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (prātipadika)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Genitive relation (सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (prātipadika)
असुरत्वम्asura-hood, lordly power
असुरत्वम्:
Karma / Predicate-noun
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootअसुरत्व (prātipadika; असुर + त्व)
एकम्one, single
एकम्:
Karma / Predicate
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (prātipadika)
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