Rig Veda 5.52.16: Mandala 5, Sukta 52, Mantra 16
Sukta 5.52
Rishi: Atri (Atraya tradition) — commonly associated with Mandala 5 hymns
Devata: Maruts with explicit Rudra/Pṛśni parentage; Rudra named as father, Pṛśni as mother
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 5.52; verse-level confirmation recommended)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र ये मे बन्ध्वेषे गां वोचन्त सूरयः पृश्निं वोचन्त मातरम् । अधा पितरमिष्मिणं रुद्रं वोचन्त शिक्वसः ॥
Transliteration
prá yé me bandhv-eṣé gā́m vócanta sūráyaḥ pṛ́śnim vócanta mātáram | ádhā pitáram iṣmíṇaṁ rudráṁ vócanta śíkvasāḥ ||
Translation
प्र ये मे बन्ध्वेषे गां वोचन्त सूरयः पृश्निं वोचन्त मातरम्। अधा पितरमिष्मिणं रुद्रं वोचन्त शिक्वसः॥
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
येwho (they)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)
मेof me, my
मे:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (asmad)
बन्धुkinsman, kin, relation
बन्धु:
—
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु (prātipadika)
इषेfor refreshment/strength
इषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइष् (dhātu: iṣ ‘to seek/impel’ → iṣá- ‘refreshment/strength’)
गाम्cow
गाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगो (prātipadika)
वःto you
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (yuṣmad)
वोचन्तthey spoke, they proclaimed
वोचन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (dhātu)
सूरयःseers, sages
सूरयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसूरि (prātipadika)
पृश्निम्Pṛśni (the dappled one; mother of the Maruts)
पृश्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपृश्नि (prātipadika)
वोचन्तthey spoke, they proclaimed
वोचन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (dhātu)
मातरम्mother
मातरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (prātipadika)
अधाthen, thereafter
अधा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधा (particle)
पितरम्father
पितरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (prātipadika)
इष्मिणम्strong, vigorous
इष्मिणम्:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootइष्मिन् (prātipadika; ‘strong/impetuous’, lit. ‘possessing iṣman/force’)
रुद्रम्Rudra
रुद्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (prātipadika)
वोचन्तthey spoke, they proclaimed
वोचन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (dhātu)
शिक्वसःthe skilled ones, the wise (singers)
शिक्वसः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootशिक्वस् (prātipadika; ‘skilled/wise’, from √शक्/शिक्ष् tradition ‘to be able/learn’)
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