Rig Veda 5.20.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 20, Mantra 1
Sukta 5.20
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gayatri (probable for RV 5.20.1; exact syllable-count not computed here)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यमग्ने वाजसातम त्वं चिन्मन्यसे रयिम् । तं नो गीर्भिः श्रवाय्यं देवत्रा पनया युजम् ॥
Transliteration
yám agne vājasātama tváṃ cit mányase rayím | táṃ no gīrbhíḥ śravā́yyaṃ devatrā́ panayā́ yújam ||
Translation
โอ อัคนี ทรัพย์อันอุดมบริบูรณ์ซึ่งท่านเองทรงเห็นว่าเลิศที่สุดนั้น ขอจงนำมาสู่เราด้วยถ้อยคำสรรเสริญอันมีแรงดลใจของเรา—ทรัพย์อันควรแก่การเล่าขานสดับฟัง ผูกเทียมร่วมกับเหล่าเทพ และเปี่ยมด้วยความรื่นรมย์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์.
Word by Word
यम्whom/which
यम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
वाजसातमO most prize-winning (bestower of victory)
वाजसातम:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootवाज-सातम (प्रातिपदिक; वाज ‘prize/strength’ + सातम ‘most winning’)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्व
चित्indeed/even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootचित् (निपात/अव्यय)
मन्यसेyou think/deem
मन्यसे:
कर्तृ (त्वम्)
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मन्यते) ‘to think, deem’
रयिम्wealth, bounty
रयिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरयि (प्रातिपदिक)
तम्that (wealth)
तम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त
नःto us/for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → नः
गीर्भिःwith hymns/songs
गीर्भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगीर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘song, hymn’)
श्रवाय्यम्famed, worthy of hearing
श्रवाय्यम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रवाय्य (प्रातिपदिक; √श्रु ‘to hear’ → ‘worthy to be heard, famed’)
देवत्राin a divine way/among the gods
देवत्रा:
—
TypeIndeclinable (adverb)
Rootदेवत्रा (अव्यय; देव + -त्रा ‘among/with the gods; in divine manner’)
पनयाwith winning skill/with admiration (as manner)
पनया:
करण
TypeNoun (instrumental of manner)
Rootपनय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘admiration, praise/skill, winning manner’)
युजम्yoked, joined (well-linked)
युजम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘yoked, joined’; from √युज् ‘to yoke, join’)
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