Rig Veda 10.3.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 3, Mantra 5

Sukta 10.3

Devata: Agni

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्वना न यस्य भामासः पवन्ते रोचमानस्य बृहतः सुदिवः । ज्येष्ठेभिर्यस्तेजिष्ठैः क्रीळुमद्भिर्वर्षिष्ठेभिर्भानुभिर्नक्षति द्याम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.3.5

Transliteration

svanā́ ná yásya bhā́māsaḥ pávente rócamānasya bṛhatáḥ su-dívaḥ | jyéṣṭhebhiḥ yás téjiṣṭhaiḥ krīḷumád-bhiḥ várṣiṣṭhebhiḥ bhā́nu-bhir nákṣati dyā́m ||

Translation

Like resonant currents, his radiances stream—of the shining Vast One of good heaven. With the eldest, most blazing, playfully powerful, most abundant beams, he reaches and possesses the heaven of light.

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Word by Word

• स्व॒ना: with/like a sound; by a roar
• स्व॒ना: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन (प्रातिपदिक) / √स्वन् (धातु: शब्दे)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भामा॑सः: splendours, radiances
• भामा॑सः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाम (प्रातिपदिक)

• पव॑न्ते: flow, stream forth, purify themselves
• पव॑न्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पू (पवते) / √पु (पवने, शुद्धौ)

• रोच॑मानस्य: of the shining one
• रोच॑मानस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: रोचमान (कृदन्त; √रुच्/√रोच् दीप्तौ)

• बृह॒तः: of the great
• बृह॒तः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सु॒दिवः: of good heaven / of bright heaven
• सु॒दिवः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदिव् (प्रातिपदिक: सु- + दिव्/द्यौ ‘sky, heaven’)

• ज्येष्ठे॑भिः: with the eldest/foremost
• ज्येष्ठे॑भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तेजि॑ष्ठैः: with the most brilliant
• तेजि॑ष्ठैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of तेजस्/तेजिन्)

• क्रीळु॒मद्भिः: with the sportive/playing ones
• क्रीळु॒मद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रीळुमत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sportive, playful’)

• वर्षि॑ष्ठेभिः: with the mightiest
• वर्षि॑ष्ठेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्षिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of वृश्/वर्ष ‘strong, mighty’)

• भा॒नुभिः: with rays, beams
• भा॒नुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)

• नक्ष॑ति: reaches, attains
• नक्ष॑ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नक्ष् (व्याप्तौ/प्रापणे; ‘to reach, attain’)

• द्याम्: the heaven, the sky
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)