Rig Veda 5.7.5 — Mandala 5, Sukta 7, Mantra 5
Sukta 5.7
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional ascription for RV 5.7)
Devata: Agni (as receiver of offered energy/heat; inner tapas offered into the fire)
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अव स्म यस्य वेषणे स्वेदं पथिषु जुह्वति । अभीमह स्वजेन्यं भूमा पृष्ठेव रुरुहुः ॥
Transliteration
áva smá yásya véṣaṇe svédam pathíṣu júhvati | abhī́maha svájeniyaṃ bhū́mā pṛṣṭhéva rurúhuḥ ||
Translation
Вниз, в пути воплощённого бытия, — для того, чьё стремительное движение бросает свой жар на стези, — мы устремляемся к самопобеждающей силе; и широкая земная природа поднимается, как спина под ношей, пригодная для пути.
Word by Word
अवdown, away; (as preverb)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (upasarga) / ava (indecl.)
स्मindeed, surely (emphasis)
स्म:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म (particle)
यस्यwhose, of whom
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
वेषणेin the ‘veṣaṇa’ (covering/garment; figuratively: enclosure/seat)
वेषणे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootवेषण (prātipadika; from √वेष्/√विश् in sense ‘to clothe/cover; adorn’; noun of instrument/place)
स्वेदम्sweat, perspiration
स्वेदम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्वेद (prātipadika)
पथिषुon the paths, in the ways
पथिषु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootपथिन् (prātipadika)
जुह्वतिhe offers, he pours (as oblation)
जुह्वति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हु (जुहोति) ‘to pour/offer, sacrifice’
अभीमहwe have approached, we have come near
अभीमह:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअभि (upasarga) + √इ (इमि/एति) ‘to go, approach’
स्वजेन्यम्the kindred/friendly one
स्वजेन्यम्:
कर्म (object of ‘approach’)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वजेन्य (prātipadika; ‘of one’s own kind/kin’, ‘kindred, friendly’; adj.)
भूमाःthe earths/lands; the broad grounds
भूमाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootभूमन्/भूम (prātipadika)
पृष्ठाbacks, ridges, surfaces
पृष्ठा:
कर्तृ (with simile) / or apposition to भूमाः
TypeNoun
Rootपृष्ठ (prātipadika)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (particle)
रुरुहुःthey have risen/grown up, they have mounted
रुरुहुः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√रुह् ‘to rise, grow, mount’
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