Rig Veda 5.83.7: Mandala 5, Sukta 83, Mantra 7

Sukta 5.83

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Parjanya (thunder/rain power)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि क्रन्द स्तनय गर्भमा धा उदन्वता परि दीया रथेन । दृतिं सु कर्ष विषितं न्यञ्चं समा भवन्तूद्वतो निपादाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.83.7

Transliteration

abhí kranda stanáya gárbham ā́ dhā udán-vatā pári dīyā́ ráthena | dṛtíṃ sú karṣa ví-sitaṃ ny-àñcaṃ samā́ bhavantūdváto ni-pādā́ḥ ||

Translation

Cry aloud, thunder, and place the embryo of the work within us; wheel around on your water-bearing chariot. Draw well the opened leather-bag turned downward—let the heights and the lowlands become level and filled.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, against; over
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• क्रन्द: cry out!, roar!
• क्रन्द: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रन्द्

• स्तनय: O thunder!
• स्तनय: सम्बोधन (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तनय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thunder’)

• गर्भम्: the embryo; the germ (of rain)
• गर्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ

• आ: unto, into; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• धा: place!, set!, put!
• धा: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा

• उदन्वता: with the watery one; with water/sea-like mass
• उदन्वता: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदन्वत्

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दीय: move!, course!, roll on!
• दीय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दी (दीयते/दीयति; ‘to go/flow, to move’)

• रथेन: with a chariot
• रथेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ

• दृतिम्: leather bag; skin (waterskin)
• दृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृति

• सु: well, thoroughly
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय)

• कर्ष: draw!, pull!
• कर्ष: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृष्

• विषितम्: loosened, unbound
• विषितम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-षि/शि (कृदन्त; ‘loosened, unfastened’)

• न्यञ्चम्: turned downward
• न्यञ्चम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्यञ्च (प्रातिपदिक; ‘turned downward’)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• आ: towards, into
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• भवन्तु: let them become; let there be
• भवन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• उद्वतः: from the height; from above
• उद्वतः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘height, rising ground’)

• निपादाः: the descending ones; down-coming (waters/streams)
• निपादाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: नि-पाद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘down-footed/descending’)