Rig Veda 5.32.11: Mandala 5, Sukta 32, Mantra 11

Sukta 5.32

Rishi: Atri (traditional)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एकं नु त्वा सत्पतिं पाञ्चजन्यं जातं शृणोमि यशसं जनेषु । तं मे जगृभ्र आशसो नविष्ठं दोषा वस्तोर्हवमानास इन्द्रम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.32.11

Transliteration

ékaṃ nu tvā satpátiṃ pā́ñcajanyaṃ jātáṃ śṛṇomi yaśásaṃ jáneṣu | táṃ me jagṛbhra āśáso náviṣṭhaṃ dóṣā vástor havamānāsa índram ||

Translation

One alone—thou as the true lord of the peoples, born for the fivefold race—I hear of thee as glorious among men. Him do my aspirations seize as the newest and nearest; by night and by dawn we call upon Indra.

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Word by Word

• एकम्: one (single)
• एकम्: Karma (object/complement of शृणोमि)
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma (object of शृणोमि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सत्पतिम्: lord of the good/true; good lord
• सत्पतिम्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: सत् + पति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

• पाञ्चजन्यम्: belonging to the five peoples; of the five tribes
• पाञ्चजन्यम्: Karma (qualifier in apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च + जन्य (प्रातिपदिक; तद्धित)

• जातम्: born
• जातम्: Karma (qualifier in apposition)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: √जन् (कृदन्त: जात)

• शृणोमि: I hear
• शृणोमि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु

• यशसम्: glorious; renowned
• यशसम्: Karma (qualifier in apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जनेषु: among peoples
• जनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (locus: ‘among people’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (object of जगृभ्र)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: for me; my
• मे: Sampradāna (beneficiary/possessor nuance: ‘for me / my’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जगृभ्र: they have grasped; they seized
• जगृभ्र: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह्

• आशसः: the hopes; the wishes
• आशसः: Kartā (subject of जगृभ्र)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नविष्ठम्: newest; most fresh
• नविष्ठम्: Karma (qualifier in apposition to तम्)
• Type: Adjective (superlative)
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक) + इष्ठ (तमप्-प्रत्यय; superlative)

• दोषा: night
• दोषा: Adhikaraṇa (temporal: ‘at night’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोषा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वस्तोः: of dawn; at daybreak
• वस्तोः: Adhikaraṇa (temporal-genitive: ‘of dawn / at daybreak’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्तु/वस्तु (RV: वस्तोः ‘of dawn/daybreak’; prātipadika वस्तो-)

• हवमानासः: calling; invoking
• हवमानासः: Kartā (agreeing with implicit callers; apposition to आशसः/people)
• Type: Participle (present middle)
• Root: √ह्वे (कृदन्त: हवमान)

• इन्द्रम्: Indra
• इन्द्रम्: Karma (object of हवमानासः / also apposition to तम्)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)