Rig Veda 5.56.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 56, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.56
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) — probable for RV 5.56
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यथा चिन्मन्यसे हृदा तदिन्मे जग्मुराशसः । ये ते नेदिष्ठं हवनान्यागमन्तान्वर्ध भीमसंदृशः ॥
Transliteration
yáthā cit mányase hṛdā́ tád ín me jagmur āśásaḥ | yé te néd̥iṣṭhaṃ hávanāny ā́gaman tā́n vardha bhīmá-sandṛśaḥ ||
Translation
汝が心に思い定むるところは何であれ、それこそわが希望はすでにそこへ到り着いた。汝に最も近く来たるこれらの呼びかけ（祈請）を——恐るべき視座をもつ者よ——強め育てよ。呼び声が汝の力の確かな通路となるために。
Word by Word
यथाas, just as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya-prātipadika)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (avyaya)
मन्यसेyou think, you suppose
मन्यसे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते) धातु
हृदाwith (your) heart, in the heart
हृदा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootहृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इत्just, indeed
इत्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्/इद् (निपात)
मेto me / of me
मे:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
जग्मुःthey have come, they came
जग्मुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootगम् धातु
आशसःhopes, expectations
आशसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआशस् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)
येwho, which (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
तेof you, your
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
नेदिष्ठम्the nearest, the closest
नेदिष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनेदिष्ठ (superlative prātipadika from *निद/नेद* ‘near’)
हवनानिinvocations, calls (to the gods)
हवनानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहवन (नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; from √हू ‘to call/invoke’)
आtowards, hither
आ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गमन्they came
गमन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootगम् धातु
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
वर्धincrease!, strengthen!
वर्ध:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् धातु
भीमterrible, formidable
भीम:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
संदृशःof fearful aspect, terrible-looking
संदृशः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसंदृश् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; ‘of like appearance/looking’)
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