Rig Veda 1.13.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 13, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.13
Rishi: Medhātithi Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 1.13)
Devata: Barhis / ritual preparation (often within Agni-invitation sequence)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स्तृणीत बर्हिरानुषग्घृतपृष्ठं मनीषिणः । यत्रामृतस्य चक्षणम् ॥
Transliteration
stṛṇītá bárhir ānuṣág ghṛtápṛṣṭhaṃ manīṣíṇaḥ | yátrāmṛ́tasya cákṣaṇam ||
Translation
ຈົ່ງປັດບົ່ວບາຮິສ, ບ່ອນນັ່ງສັກສິດ, ຕາມລໍາດັບ, ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາທັງຫຼາຍ; ຫຼັງຂອງມັນຊາບດ້ວຍເນີຍທາງສັກສິດ, ບ່ອນທີ່ສາຍຕາເຫັນຄວາມອະມະຕະ.
Word by Word
स्तृणीतspread (you)!
स्तृणीत:
(वाक्य-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तॄ (धातु) / स्तृ (वेद. रूप)
बर्हिःthe sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आनुषक्in due order; successively
आनुषक्:
(क्रिया-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनुषक् (अव्यय)
घृतपृष्ठम्having a ghee-backed surface; ghee-covered
घृतपृष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootघृत-पृष्ठ (समास: कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्राय)
मनीषिणःO wise ones (thoughtful priests)
मनीषिणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
अमृतस्यof immortality; of the nectar
अमृतस्य:
(सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
चक्षणम्the sight/vision; the place of seeing
चक्षणम्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; √चक्ष् ‘to see’ से)
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