Rig Veda 5.43.14 - Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 14

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Rig Veda 5.43.14: Mandala 5, Sukta 43, Mantra 14

Sukta 5.43

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (attribution for RV 5.43 generally)

Devata: Implicitly Agni/inner force being prepared; also the Mother-principle (Mātṛ) as station of origin

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मातुष्पदे परमे शुक्र आयोर्विपन्यवो रास्पिरासो अग्मन् । सुशेव्यं नमसा रातहव्याः शिशुं मृजन्त्यायवो न वासे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.43.14

Transliteration

mātúṣpáde paráme śukrá ā́yor vipanyávo rāspirā́so agman | suśévyaṃ námasā rātáhavyā́ḥ śíśuṃ mṛjanty ā́yavo ná vā́se ||

Translation

ณ สถานีอันสูงสุดสว่างไสวของพระมารดา เหล่าผู้แสวงหาผู้กระตือรือร้นในการเสาะหาได้มาถึงแล้ว. ด้วยนมัสการและการถวายเครื่องบูชา เขาทั้งหลายจัดเตรียมสิ่งอันควรแก่การรับใช้เป็นอย่างดี; ดุจชำระทารก เขาทั้งหลายชำระพลังชีวิต (āyu) ประหนึ่งซักล้างอาภรณ์.

Word by Word

मातुःof the mother

पदेin/at the place (footstep, station)

परमेhighest, supreme

शुक्रःthe bright one

आयोःof the two Āyus (two life-powers / two Ayu-figures)

विपन्यवःadmiring, praising

रास्पिरासःthe Rāspirāsas (a people/companions; name in RV)

अग्मन्went, came

सुशेव्यम्well-serviceable, good to attend/serve

नमसाwith reverence, by homage

रातहव्याःthose whose oblations are given/offered

शिशुम्the child

मृजन्तिthey cleanse, adorn

आयवःthe Āyavas (a group/descendants connected with Āyu)

नlike, as

वासेin/with a garment; in clothing

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