Rig Veda 1.186.5 - Mandala 1, Sukta 186, Mantra 5

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Rig Veda 1.186.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 186, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.186

Devata: Ahi Budhnya; Apām Napāt (invoked/activated through him)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत नोऽहिर्बुध्न्यो मयस्कः शिशुं न पिप्युषीव वेति सिन्धुः । येन नपातमपां जुनाम मनोजुवो वृषणो यं वहन्ति ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.186.5

Transliteration

utá no áhir budhnyò mayáskaḥ śíśuṃ ná pipyúṣīva veti síndhuḥ | yéná napātam apā́ṃ junā́ma manojúvo vṛ́ṣaṇo yáṃ váhanti ||

Translation

I niech dla nas Ahi Budhnya, głęboko ugruntowany Wąż błogiej mocy, porusza się jak krowa rzeczna karmiąca swoje młode. Przez niego niech obudzimy Apam Napata, którego silne i szybkie umysłem energie niosą naprzód.

Word by Word

उतand, also

नःof us / our

अहिःthe serpent (Ahi)

बुध्न्यःof the depth; subterranean

मयस्कःbeneficent, gracious

शिशुम्a child

नlike, as

पिप्युषीवlike a swelling/full (mother/cow)

वेतिmoves/flows

सिन्धुःthe river/stream (Sindhu)

येनby which

नपातम्the offspring/son

अपाम्of the waters

जुनामI impel / I set in motion

मनोजुवःmind-impelled, swift by thought

वृषणःmighty, virile (stallion-like)

यम्whom

वहन्तिthey carry/bear

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