Rig Veda 5.3.6: Mandala 5, Sukta 3, Mantra 6
Sukta 5.3
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional ascription for RV 5.3)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वयमग्ने वनुयाम त्वोता वसूयवो हविषा बुध्यमानाः । वयं समर्ये विदथेष्वह्नां वयं राया सहसस्पुत्र मर्तान् ॥
Transliteration
váyam agne vanuyāma tvó(t)ā vasūyávo havíṣā búdhyamānāḥ | vayáṃ samaryé vidátheṣv áhnāṃ vayáṃ rāyā sahasaspútra mártān ||
Translation
वयमग्ने त्वोता वसूयवो हविषा बुध्यमानाः वनुयाम। वयं समर्ये विदथेष्वह्नां वयं राया सहसस्पुत्र मर्तान् वनुयाम॥
Word by Word
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअग्नि
वनुयामmay we win/obtain
वनुयाम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवन् (वनु) / वनुय्
त्वyou
त्व:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
ओताhelping, as helper
ओता:
कर्तृ-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootअव् (√अव् ‘to help, protect’) → ओत (PPP)
वसूयवःdesiring wealth
वसूयवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवसु + ईय (इच्छार्थक) → वसूयु
हविषाwith oblation
हविषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
बुध्यमानाःbeing awake/attentive
बुध्यमानाः:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple (present middle)
Rootबुध्
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
समर्येin battle/contest
समर्ये:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसमर्य
विदथेषुin assemblies/ritual gatherings
विदथेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootविदथ
अह्नाम्of days
अह्नाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
रायाby/with wealth
राया:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootराय् (स्त्री) / रयि
सहसःof might
सहसः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्
पुत्रO son
पुत्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootपुत्र
मर्तान्mortals
मर्तान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.
