Rig Veda 5.43.12 — Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 12
Sukta 5.43
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (attribution for RV 5.43 generally)
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ वेधसं नीलपृष्ठं बृहन्तं बृहस्पतिं सदने सादयध्वम् । सादद्योनिं दम आ दीदिवांसं हिरण्यवर्णमरुषं सपेम ॥
Transliteration
ā́ vedhásaṃ nī́lapṛṣṭhaṃ bṛhántam bṛ́haspátiṃ sádane sādayadhvam | sā́dad-yoníṃ dáma ā́ dīdivā́ṃsaṃ híraṇyavarṇam aruṣáṃ sapema ||
Translation
सदने दमे वेधसं नीलपृष्ठं बृहन्तं बृहस्पतिं सादयत। स स्वयोनौ प्रतिष्ठितो दीदिवांसः हिरण्यवर्णोऽरुषो बलवान्—तं वयं सखायोऽनुचरामः सेवामहे च।
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
वेधसम्the wise one / inspirer (Bṛhaspati)
वेधसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस् (prātipadika; from √विध्/√वेध् ‘to pierce/strike; to know/ordain’)
नीलपृष्ठम्dark-backed
नीलपृष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनील-पृष्ठ (prātipadika; nīla ‘dark/blue’ + pṛṣṭha ‘back’)
बृहन्तम्great, lofty
बृहन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (prātipadika; from √बृह् ‘to grow, be great’)
बृहस्पतिम्Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति (prātipadika)
सदनेin the seat/dwelling (assembly)
सदने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसदन (prātipadika; from √सद् ‘to sit’)
सादयध्वम्seat (him), cause (him) to sit
सादयध्वम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सद् (causative stem सादय-)
सादstraightway, forthwith
साद:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाद् (avyaya; Vedic particle, ‘straightway/at once’)
द्योनिम्the luminous seat/abode
द्योनिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्योनि (prātipadika; dyu ‘sky/light’ + -नि)
दमम्house, home
दमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदम (prātipadika)
आunto, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
दीदिवांसम्shining, radiant
दीदिवांसम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootदीदिवांस् (perfect active participle from √दीदिव्/√दीव् ‘to shine’)
हिरण्यवर्णम्golden-colored
हिरण्यवर्णम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य-वर्ण (prātipadika; hiraṇya ‘gold’ + varṇa ‘color’)
अरुषम्ruddy, tawny
अरुषम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअरुष (prātipadika)
सपेमmay we attend/serve (him)
सपेम:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सप्/√सपेम् (Vedic; ‘to follow/serve, attend’)
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