Rig Veda 5.19.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 19, Mantra 2

Sukta 5.19

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Agni (and/or the Maruts/companions as guardians of force; verse presents a collective ‘they’)

Chandas: Tristubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

जुहुरे वि चितयन्तोऽनिमिषं नृम्णं पान्ति । आ दृळ्हां पुरं विविशुः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.19.2

Transliteration

juhuré ví citayánto 'nímīṣaṃ nṛmṇáṃ pānti | ā́ dṛḷhā́ṃ púraṃ viviśuḥ ||

Translation

พวกเขาถวายบูชาและหยั่งรู้; พวกเขาพิทักษ์พลังวีรบุรุษอันไม่กะพริบตา; และได้เข้าไปสู่ป้อมปราการอันมั่นคงแข็งแรงแล้ว.

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Word by Word

• जुहुरे: they have offered / they have poured (oblations)
• जुहुरे: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (जुहोति) / √हु

• वि: apart, forth, distinctly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• चितयन्तः: noticing, observing, being attentive
• चितयन्तः: Kartā (with जुहुरे) / agent of the action
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: चितय् / √चित् (to perceive, observe, notice; in Vedic also ‘to be mindful/attentive’)

• अनिमिषम्: unblinking, unwinking, steadfast
• अनिमिषम्: Karma (qualifier of नृम्णम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिमिष (प्रातिपदिक) = अ- + निमिष (‘wink, blink’)

• नृम्णम्: manly power, heroic might
• नृम्णम्: Karma (object of पा॑न्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृम्ण (प्रातिपदिक) (< नर ‘man’ + -म्न)

• पा॑न्ति: they protect, they guard
• पा॑न्ति: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पालने) / √पा (to protect)

• आ: towards, into
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / अव्यय

• दृळ्हाम्: firm, strong, well-fortified
• दृळ्हाम्: Karma (qualifier of पुरम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृळ्ह (प्रातिपदिक) < √दृंह/दृढ् ‘to make firm’ (Vedic form दृळ्ह = दृढ)

• पुरम्: fortress, stronghold, city
• पुरम्: Karma (object of विविशुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर्/पुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• विविशुः: they entered
• विविशुः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (प्रवेशने) / √विश्