Rig Veda 1.70.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 70, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.70
Rishi: Madhucchandas Vaiśvāmitra (traditionally)
Devata: Agni
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Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स हि क्षपावाँ अग्नी रयीणां दाशद्यो अस्मा अरं सूक्तैः ॥
Transliteration
sá hí kṣapā́vāṃ agnī́ rayīṇā́ṃ dā́śad yó asmai áraṃ su-uktáiḥ ॥
Translation
സ ഹി ക്ഷപാവാൻ അഗ്നി റയീണാം—രാത്രികളുടെ അധിപനായ അഗ്നി, നന്നായി ഘടിപ്പിച്ച സൂക്തങ്ങളാൽ യഥാവിധി അർപ്പിക്കുന്നവന് റയി-സമൃദ്ധികൾ (ധന-ഐശ്വര്യം) ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു.
Word by Word
सःhe (that one)
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
क्षपावान्night-possessing; (active) through the nights
क्षपावान्:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षपा (प्रातिपदिक ‘night’) + वत् (मतुप्-प्रत्यय) → क्षपावत्
अग्निःAgni (Fire-god)
अग्निः:
Kartā (सः इत्यस्य समनाधिकरणम्)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
रयीणाम्of riches
रयीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
दाशत्let (him) give/bestow
दाशत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootदाश् (धातु; ‘to give, bestow, worship’)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (य-सम्बन्धः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अरःhas set in motion / has fitted (i.e., has properly arranged)
अरः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootअृ/ऋ (धातु; ‘to fit, to set in motion, to reach’), वैदिक-रूपम् ‘अर’
सूक्तैःwith hymns
सूक्तैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसूक्त (प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-spoken hymn’)
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