Rig Veda 5.47.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 47, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.47
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition)
Devata: Poetic/cosmic: the ‘paths’ and the immortal center (amṛtasya nābhi) as focal reality; indirectly Dyāvā-Pṛthivī
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अजिरासस्तदप ईयमाना आतस्थिवांसो अमृतस्य नाभिम् । अनन्तास उरवो विश्वतः सीं परि द्यावापृथिवी यन्ति पन्थाः ॥
Transliteration
ajirā́sas tád apa ī́yamānā ātásthivāṃso amṛ́tasya nā́bhim | anantā́sa urávo viśvátas sīm pári dyā́vā-pṛthivī́ yanti pánthāḥ ||
Translation
अजिरासस्तदप ईयमाना अमृतस्य नाभिम् आतस्थिवांसः। अनन्तास उरवो विश्वतः पन्थाः सीं परि द्यावापृथिवी यन्ति—ऋतस्य महति व्यवस्थितौ जीवस्य गमनमार्गा इव।
Word by Word
अजिरासःthe swift ones
अजिरासः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअजिर (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₂eǵ- ‘drive, lead’ (semantic: swift)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अपःwaters
अपः:
कर्म (तत्-विशेषण/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
ईयमानाःgoing, moving
ईयमानाः:
कर्तृ (अजिरासः का विशेषण)
TypeVerb-participle
Rootईय्/इ (धातु: इ ‘to go’)
आतस्थिवांसःhaving taken their stand, having reached
आतस्थिवांसः:
कर्तृ (अजिरासः का विशेषण)
TypeVerb-participle
Rootस्था (धातु: स्था ‘to stand’) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
अमृतस्यof immortality / of the immortal (nectar)
अमृतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (नाभिम् के साथ)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
नाभिम्navel; hub; central point
नाभिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
अनन्तासःendless, unbounded (ones)
अनन्तासः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
उरवःbroad, wide (ones)
उरवः:
कर्तृ (अनन्तासः का विशेषण/समन्वय)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootउरु (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वतःfrom all sides, on every side
विश्वतः:
अधिकरण (दिशा/परिसर)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + -तस् (तसिल्-अव्यय)
सीम्them/it (enclitic), indeed
सीम्:
कर्म/सम्बन्ध (अनुवृत्त-सर्वनाम; ‘it/them’)
TypeParticle/Pronoun-like indeclinable
Rootसीम् (निपात/अव्यय; एन्क्लिटिक)
परिaround
परि:
अधिकरण (परिवेष्टन-अर्थे)
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
द्यावापृथिवीHeaven and Earth
द्यावापृथिवी:
कर्म (परि के साथ: ‘around heaven-and-earth’)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootद्यावापृथिवी (द्वन्द्व-समास: द्यौ/दिव् + पृथिवी)
यन्तिthey go
यन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु: या ‘to go’)
पन्थाःpaths, ways
पन्थाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपथ्/पन्था (प्रातिपदिक)
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