Rig Veda 5.59.7: Mandala 5, Sukta 59, Mantra 7
Sukta 5.59
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Marutaḥ
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वयो न ये श्रेणीः पप्तुरोजसान्तान्दिवो बृहतः सानुनस्परि । अश्वास एषामुभये यथा विदुः प्र पर्वतस्य नभनूँरचुच्यवुः ॥
Transliteration
váyo na yé śréṇīḥ paptúr ójasā ántāndivó bṛhatáḥ sā́nunas pári | aśvā́sa eṣām ubháye yáthā vidúḥ prá párvatasya nabhanū́ṃr acucyavuḥ ||
Translation
列をなす鳥のように、彼らはその力によって、広大なる天の稜の両端をめぐりつつ疾駆した。彼らの駿馬は二つの道を知る、知るがごとくに；前へと、山から雲の群れを揺りほどき落とした。
Word by Word
वयःbirds
वयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow/breathe’ (age/vitality) → ‘bird’ by Vedic usage
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
येwho, which
ये:
Kartā (सम्बन्धः वयः/अश्वासः इत्यादि)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्रेणीःrows, lines (in formation)
श्रेणीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेणी (प्रातिपदिक)
पप्तुःhave flown / flew
पप्तुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु) ‘to fly, fall’
ओजसाwith strength, by force
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तान्ends, limits
अन्तान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven/sky
दिवः:
— (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven’
बृहतःof the great (lofty)
बृहतः:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) ‘great, lofty’
सानुनःof the ridge/summit
सानुनः:
— (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसानु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ridge, summit, table-land’
परिaround, about
परि:
Adhikaraṇa (परितः-भावे)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अश्वासःhorses
अश्वासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
एषाम्of these / of them
एषाम्:
— (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उभयेboth (ways/sides)
उभये:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootउभय (विशेषण/सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) ‘both’
यथाas, in the manner that
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
विदुःthey know / have known
विदुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु) ‘to know’
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पर्वतस्यof the mountain
पर्वतस्य:
— (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
नभनून्mists / cloud-masses
नभनून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनभनू (प्रातिपदिक; RV-विशेषः, ‘mist/sky-cloud’ अथवा ‘vapoury masses’)
अचुच्यवुःthey shook off / drove away
अचुच्यवुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootच्यु (धातु) ‘to move, fall, dislodge’ + उपसर्ग आ-; लिट्-बहुवचन (रेडुप्लिकेटेड perfect)
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