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

Bermain, wahai sinar, engkau telah datang—bercampur dengan abu, dengan angin, dengan pengetahuan yang sempurna; kekuatan-kekuatannya, seperti penyerang bermata tajam, terasah rapi, siap di tempat pemanggulan.

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Word by Word

• क्रीळन्: playing, sporting
• क्रीळन्: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: क्रीळ् (धातु) / क्रीळन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) वर्तमान कृदन्त

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रश्मः: ray, rein, beam
• रश्मः: कर्तृ (apposition to participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि-

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• भुवः: you became / you came to be
• भुवः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) → भुव् (Vedic present stem)

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

• भस्मना: with ash
• भस्मना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन्-

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• वायुनā: with wind
• वायुनā: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु-

• वेविदानः: having found/known; having obtained
• वेविदानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: विद् (धातु) with reduplication: वे-विद्

• ताः: those
• ताः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य (of following predicate)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• अस्य: of him / of this (one)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• सन्धृषजः: impetuous ones / pressing-on (forces)
• सन्धृषजः: कर्तृ (appositional)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सन्धृषज्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘rushing/impetuous, pressing together’)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (उपमा-निपात)

• तिग्माः: sharp, keen
• तिग्माः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिग्म-

• सुसंशिताः: well-whetted, well-sharpened
• सुसंशिताः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: सु- + सं- + शि (धातु) → सं-शित (PPP) → सुसंशित-

• वक्ष्यः: axles/shafts (of the chariot)
• वक्ष्यः: कर्तृ/विशेष्य
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्ष्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘axle/shaft’ or ‘bearing-part’ in chariot imagery)

• वक्षणेस्थाः: standing/placed in the axle-seat (firmly set in the axle-box)
• वक्षणेस्थाः: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वक्षणि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘axle-box/seat of the axle’) + स्था (धातु) → -स्थ (adj.)