Rig Veda 5.52.16 - Mandala 5, Sukta 52, Mantra 16

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Rig Veda 5.52.16: Mandala 5, Sukta 52, Mantra 16

Sukta 5.52

Rishi: Atri (Atraya tradition) — commonly associated with Mandala 5 hymns

Devata: Maruts with explicit Rudra/Pṛśni parentage; Rudra named as father, Pṛśni as mother

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 5.52; verse-level confirmation recommended)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र ये मे बन्ध्वेषे गां वोचन्त सूरयः पृश्निं वोचन्त मातरम् । अधा पितरमिष्मिणं रुद्रं वोचन्त शिक्वसः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.52.16

Transliteration

prá yé me bandhv-eṣé gā́m vócanta sūráyaḥ pṛ́śnim vócanta mātáram | ádhā pitáram iṣmíṇaṁ rudráṁ vócanta śíkvasāḥ ||

Translation

സത്യത്തിൽ ബന്ധുത്വം തേടുന്ന സൂരിമാർ എനിക്കു മുന്നേ പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നു: ‘ഗോ’ എന്നു; പൃശ്നിയെ ‘മാതാവ്’ എന്നു പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നു. പിന്നെ അവർ ‘പിതാവ്’—പ്രേരക രുദ്രനെ—പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നു, പ്രേരിത വാണിയുടെ ശക്തിമാന്മാരായ ശിക്വാസർ.

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

येwho (they)

मेof me, my

बन्धुkinsman, kin, relation

इषेfor refreshment/strength

गाम्cow

वःto you

वोचन्तthey spoke, they proclaimed

सूरयःseers, sages

पृश्निम्Pṛśni (the dappled one; mother of the Maruts)

वोचन्तthey spoke, they proclaimed

मातरम्mother

अधाthen, thereafter

पितरम्father

इष्मिणम्strong, vigorous

रुद्रम्Rudra

वोचन्तthey spoke, they proclaimed

शिक्वसःthe skilled ones, the wise (singers)

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