Rig Veda 5.25.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 25, Mantra 3

Sukta 5.25

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (attribution for RV 5.25 as commonly given in Anukramaṇī lists)

Devata: Agni

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; RV 5.25 predominantly Trishtubh—verify with pada-counting in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स नो धीती वरिष्ठया श्रेष्ठया च सुमत्या । अग्ने रायो दिदीहि नः सुवृक्तिभिर्वरेण्य ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.25.3

Transliteration

sa nó dhītí váriṣṭhayā śréṣṭhayā ca su-matyā́ | ágne rāyó didīhi naḥ suvṛ́kti-bhir vareṇya ||

Translation

May he—Agni—by the most wide-ranging and the most excellent power of understanding, by the luminous right-mindedness, shine out for us the plenitudes of being; O Agni, worthy of choosing, make these riches blaze forth for us through our well-fashioned utterances.

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Word by Word

• स: he (that one, i.e., Agni)
• स: कर्तृ (प्रार्थित-कर्ता: ‘he/that one’ = अग्निः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सः/सा/तत्) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• नः: for us / to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (to/for us) / सम्बन्ध (our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• धीती: insight, inspired thought
• धीती: कर्म (what is to be bestowed/produced: ‘thought/insight’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीति- (√धा/√धी ‘to think, to place’; स्त्री. भाववाचक)

• वरिष्ठया: with the best
• वरिष्ठया: करण (by/with the best)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ- (वृ ‘to choose/prefer’ > वर ‘better’ > वरिष्ठ ‘best’)

• श्रेष्ठया: with the most excellent
• श्रेष्ठया: करण (by/with the most excellent)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ- (श्रि/श्रय् ‘to excel, be eminent’ > श्रेष्ठ ‘best, most excellent’)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च अव्यय

• सुमत्या: with good will, with benevolent thought
• सुमत्या: करण (with good intent/favor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + मति- (√मन् ‘to think’ > मति ‘thought, intention’; सु- ‘good’)

• अग्ने: O Agni
• अग्ने: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि-

• रायः: of wealth, riches
• रायः: सम्बन्ध (of wealth)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/राय- (धन, संपत्ति)

• दिदीहि: give, bestow
• दिदीहि: क्रिया (प्रार्थना: ‘give!’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दान) — वेदिक: reduplicated imperative stem दिदी-

• नः: to us
• नः: सम्प्रदान (to us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• सुवृक्तिभिः: with well-fashioned hymns
• सुवृक्तिभिः: करण (with well-formed hymns)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + वृक्ति- (√वृज्/√वृक् ‘to twist/arrange’ > वृक्ति ‘arrangement; hymn/verse’)

• वरेण्य: O choice-worthy (one)
• वरेण्य: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य- (√वृ ‘to choose’ > ‘choice-worthy, excellent’)