Rig Veda 5.48.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 48, Mantra 3
Sukta 5.48
Devata: A māyin (formative power) associated with vajra; often Indraic imagery, but addressed here as māyini (the shaper) in the verse wording.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ ग्रावभिरहन्येभिरक्तुभिर्वरिष्ठं वज्रमा जिघर्ति मायिनि । शतं वा यस्य प्रचरन्त्स्वे दमे संवर्तयन्तो वि च वर्तयन्नहा ॥
Transliteration
ā́ grā́vabhir ahanyébhir aktúbhir váriṣṭhaṃ vájram ā́ jigharti māyíni | śatáṃ vā́ yásya prácaran své damé saṃvartáyanto ví ca vartayann áhā ||
Translation
आ ग्रावभिरहनीयेभिरक्तुभिर्वरिष्ठं वज्रम् आ जिघर्ति मायिनि। शतं वा यस्य प्रचरन्त्स्वे दमे संवर्तयन्तो वि च वर्तयन्नहाः॥
Word by Word
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
ग्रावभिःwith pressing-stones
ग्रावभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootग्रावन् (prātipadika)
अहन्येभिःwith the daily (rites), day-related
अहन्येभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootअहन्य (prātipadika from अहन् ‘day’)
अक्तुभिःwith nights / with darkness
अक्तुभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअक्तु (prātipadika)
वरिष्ठम्the most excellent
वरिष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवरिष्ठ (superlative prātipadika from वृ/वर ‘choose, prefer; excellent’)
वज्रम्thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (prātipadika)
आunto, forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
जिघर्तिhe/it anoints, smears, applies
जिघर्ति:
(verb)
TypeVerb
Rootघृ (dhātu) with reduplication (जि-)
मायिनिin/for the wondrous, magical one (the possessor of māyā)
मायिनि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootमायिन् (prātipadika)
शतम्a hundred
शतम्:
Karma
TypeNumeral/Noun
Rootशत (prātipadika)
वाor, indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (particle)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (pronoun)
प्रचरन्त्moving about, ranging
प्रचरन्त्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootचर् (dhātu) with preverb प्र-; present active participle
स्वेin his own
स्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootस्व (pronominal adjective)
दमेhouse, domain
दमे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदम (prātipadika)
संवर्तयन्तःcausing to turn together, rolling up, gathering
संवर्तयन्तः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootवृत्/वर्त् (dhātu) with causative -य- and preverb सम्-; present active participle
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (upasarga)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (particle)
वर्तयन्causing to turn, setting in motion
वर्तयन्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootवृत्/वर्त् (dhātu) causative -य-; present active participle
अहाःdays
अहाः:
Karma (as what is set in motion/ordered)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (prātipadika)
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