Rig Veda 8.40.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 40, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.40
Rishi: Nabhāka (explicitly referenced)
Devata: Indrāgnī (with Indra highlighted as īśāna)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र ब्रह्माणि नभाकवदिन्द्राग्निभ्यामिरज्यत । या सप्तबुध्नमर्णवं जिह्मबारमपोर्णुत इन्द्र ईशान ओजसा नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
Transliteration
prá bráhmāṇi nabhā́kavad indrā́gníbhyām irajyata | yā́ saptá-budhnam arṇaváṃ jihmá-bāram aporṇutá índra ī́śāna ójasā nábhantām anyaké samé ||
Translation
ナバーカ（Nabhāka）のごとく、インドラとアグニのために梵祷（brahmāṇi）を放て。七つの基をもつ海を開き、斜めの閂（かんぬき）で閉ざされた囲いを破ったのは彼らである——力によって主宰するインドラ（īśāna）。ほかの者どもは同じ野に散り失せよ。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
ब्रह्माणिsacred formulations, hymns
ब्रह्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
नभाकवद्(hymns) like those of Nabhāka / Nabhāka-like
नभाकवद्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनभाकवत् (प्रातिपदिक; नाभाक-वत्)
इन्द्राग्निभ्याम्by/with Indra and Agni
इन्द्राग्निभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र + अग्नि (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
इरज्यतwas set in motion / was stirred
इरज्यत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootरज् (धातु; रज्यति/रज्यते ‘to be colored, to be excited; to be set in motion’)
याshe who
या:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तबुध्नम्having seven depths/bottoms
सप्तबुध्नम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त + बुध्न (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्णवम्flood, ocean
अर्णवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
जिह्मबारम्with crooked/obstructing barriers
जिह्मबारम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootजिह्म + बार (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
अपोर्णुतopened, uncovered
अपोर्णुत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअप + वृ (धातु; वृणोति ‘to cover, to enclose’; with अप- ‘to uncover/open’)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ईशानःruling, sovereign
ईशानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootईशान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ईश् ‘to rule, possess’)
ओजसाwith might, by strength
ओजसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
नभन्ताम्let them burst forth / let them spring out
नभन्ताम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनभ् (धातु; ‘to burst forth/shine?’ Vedic: ‘to spring forth, to break out’)
अन्यकेin another (place/way)
अन्यके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्यक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘other, another’)
समेin the level/plain (ground), in sameness
समे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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