Rig Veda 5.19.5 - Mandala 5, Sukta 19, Mantra 5

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Rig Veda 5.19.5: Mandala 5, Sukta 19, Mantra 5

Sukta 5.19

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Agni (with raśmi imagery linking fire-light; vāyu association suggests coordinated powers of breath and flame)

Chandas: Tristubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

क्रीळन्नो रश्म आ भुवः सं भस्मना वायुना वेविदानः । ता अस्य सन्धृषजो न तिग्माः सुसंशिता वक्ष्यो वक्षणेस्थाः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.19.5

Transliteration

krī́ḷanno raśmá ā́ bhuvaḥ sáṃ bhasmánā vāyúnā vevidā́naḥ | tā́ asya sándhṛṣajo na tig्मā́ḥ su-saṃśitā́ vakṣyò vakṣaṇe-sthā́ḥ ||

Translation

കളിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ രശ്മേ, നീ വന്നിരിക്കുന്നു—ഭസ്മത്തോടും വായുവോടും കലർന്ന്, പൂർണ്ണമായി അറിഞ്ഞുകൊണ്ട്; അവന്റെ ശക്തികൾ മൂർച്ചയുള്ള അറ്റമുള്ള ആക്രമകരെപ്പോലെ—സുസംശിത (നന്നായി മൂർച്ചപ്പെടുത്തിയ), വക്ഷ്യോ/വഹനസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ നിലകൊണ്ട്, പ്രഹരത്തിന് സന്നദ്ധം.

Word by Word

क्रीळन्playing, sporting

नःof us / our

रश्मःray, rein, beam

आtowards, unto

भुवःyou became / you came to be

सम्together, completely

भस्मनाwith ash

वाor

वायुनāwith wind

वेविदानःhaving found/known; having obtained

ताःthose

अस्यof him / of this (one)

सन्धृषजःimpetuous ones / pressing-on (forces)

नlike, as

तिग्माःsharp, keen

सुसंशिताःwell-whetted, well-sharpened

वक्ष्यःaxles/shafts (of the chariot)

वक्षणेस्थाःstanding/placed in the axle-seat (firmly set in the axle-box)

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