Rig Veda 5.83.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 83, Mantra 4
Sukta 5.83
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition; Mandala 5 is predominantly Atri-family)
Devata: Parjanya (rain-thunder power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 5.83; verse-length and cadence fit the hymn’s dominant meter)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र वाता वान्ति पतयन्ति विद्युत उदोषधीर्जिहते पिन्वते स्वः । इरा विश्वस्मै भुवनाय जायते यत्पर्जन्यः पृथिवीं रेतसावति ॥
Transliteration
prá vātā́ vā́nti patáyanti vi-dyúta ud óṣadhī́r jíhate pínvate svàḥ | irā́ víśvasmai bhúvanāya jāyate yát párjanyaḥ pṛthivī́ṃ rétasā́vati ||
Translation
風は前へと吹きわたり、稲妻は跳ね走る。薬草は身を起こして目覚め、天はその豊穣によってふくらむ。万有のための養いの力が生まれる――パルジャニヤ（Parjanya）が大地に創造の種（レータス）を注ぐとき。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वाताःwinds
वाताः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
वान्तिblow
वान्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवा (धातु) ‘to blow’
पतयन्तिdart, fly about
पतयन्ति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु) ‘to fly, fall’
विद्युतःlightnings
विद्युतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविद्युत् (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्up, out
उत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत् (upasarga)
ओषधीःplants, herbs
ओषधीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootओषधि (प्रातिपदिक)
जिहतेstrike, smite (down)
जिहते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन्/ह (धातु) ‘to strike, smite’ → (वेदिक) जिहते
पिन्वतेswell, quicken, make thrive
पिन्वते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपिव्/पिन्व् (धातु) ‘to swell, set in motion, impel’
स्वःthe heaven, the light (of heaven)
स्वः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्/स्वः (प्रातिपदिक)
इराrefreshment, nourishment (sap/food)
इरा:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइरा (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वस्मैfor every, for all
विश्वस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootविश्व (सर्वनाम-विशेषण प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनायfor the world/creature, for (all) being
भुवनाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
जायतेis born, arises
जायते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) ‘to be born, arise’
यत्when, that (insofar as)
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable/Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
पर्जन्यःParjanya (rain-god), the rain-cloud
पर्जन्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootपर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिवीम्the earth
पृथिवीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
रेतसाwith seed, with generative fluid (rain as seed)
रेतसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
अवतिwaters, refreshes; favors
अवति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (धातु) ‘to favor, help; to moisten/refresh (Vedic)’
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