Rig Veda 5.3.5 – Mandala 5, Sukta 3, Mantra 5 | Sanskrit, Japanese Translation & Meaning | Vedapath

Rig Veda 5.3.5 — Mandala 5, Sukta 3, Mantra 5

Sukta 5.3

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional ascription for RV 5.3)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 5.3; needs metrical verification by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न त्वद्धोता पूर्वो अग्ने यजीयान्न काव्यैः परो अस्ति स्वधावः । विशश्च यस्या अतिथिर्भवासि स यज्ञेन वनवद्देव मर्तान् ॥

Transliteration

ná tvád dhótā pū́rvo agne yájīyān ná kā́vyaiḥ paró asti svadhāvaḥ | viśáś ca yásyā átithir bhávāsi sá yajñéna vanavad deva mártān ||

Translation

アグニよ、汝に先立つ供犠の祭官はなく、汝より供犠にふさわしき者はなく、カヴィ（詩聖）たちのうちにも汝を超える者はない、自らの力を具える者よ。諸族のために汝が歓待される客となるその死すべき者は、祭儀によって勝ち得る――神なる力よ――人間の諸力を正しく整え、己がものとして。

Word by Word

नnot

त्वत्than you / from you

होताHotṛ-priest / invoker

पूर्वःformer / earlier

अग्नेO Agni

यजीयान्more worthy of worship / better sacrificer

नnot

काव्यैःby poetic arts / by the (Kavi-)wisdoms

परःhigher / superior

अस्तिis

स्वधावःO self-empowered / possessing svadhā

विशःclans / peoples

चand

यस्यwhose

अतिथिःguest

भवसिyou become / you are

सःhe

यज्ञेनby/with the sacrifice

वनवत्won / gained

देवO god

मर्तान्mortals

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