Rig Veda 5.29.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 29, Mantra 4
Sukta 5.29
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) — attribution for RV 5.29
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आद्रोदसी वितरं वि ष्कभायत्संविव्यानश्चिद्भियसे मृगं कः । जिगर्तिमिन्द्रो अपजर्गुराणः प्रति श्वसन्तमव दानवं हन् ॥
Transliteration
ād rodasī vitaraṃ vi ṣkabhāyat samvivyānaś cid bhiyase mṛgaṃ kaḥ | jigartim indro apajargurāṇaḥ prati śvasantam ava dānavam han ||
Translation
स आद् रोदसी वितरं वि ष्कभायत्; संविव्यानोऽपि भयसे मृगं इव अकः। अपजर्गुराणो जिगर्तिम् इन्द्रः, श्वसन्तं दानवं प्रति हत्वा, तमसः प्रहारं प्रत्यवर्तयत्।
Word by Word
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
द्रोदसीthe two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
द्रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक; द्वन्द्व-समास: द्यावा-पृथिवी)
वितरम्more widely, farther apart
वितरम्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootवितर (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक)
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
ष्कभायत्he propped apart, he supported
ष्कभायत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootस्कभ् (धातु)
संtogether, completely
सं:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
विव्यानःencompassing, pervading
विव्यानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootवि-व्ये/व्या (धातु; ‘to envelop, pervade’) → विव्यान (कृदन्त)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
भियसेfor fear, to (cause) fear
भियसे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootभि (धातु) → भियस् (प्रातिपदिक)
मृगम्the wild beast
मृगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक)
कःwho? (what one?)
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
जिगर्तिम्the devouring (act), the devourer’s onset
जिगर्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगृ/गॄ (धातु ‘to swallow/devour’) → जिगर्ति (नामधातु/कृदन्त-आधारित नाम)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अपaway, off
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग)
जर्गुराणःdevouring, ravening
जर्गुराणः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootजर्गुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘gluttonous/devouring’) → जर्गुराण (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
प्रतिagainst, towards
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
श्वसन्तम्panting, snorting
श्वसन्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple
Rootश्वस् (धातु ‘to breathe, pant’) → श्वसन्त् (कृदन्त)
अवdown, away
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग)
दानवम्the Dānava (demon)
दानवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
हन्smite! / he smote (injunctive)
हन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Chanting Notes
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