Rig Veda 5.25.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 25, Mantra 8
Sukta 5.25
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तव द्युमन्तो अर्चयो ग्रावेवोच्यते बृहत् । उतो ते तन्यतुर्यथा स्वानो अर्त त्मना दिवः ॥
Transliteration
táva dyu-mánto arcáyo grā́vāiva ucyate bṛhát | utó te tanyatúr yáthā svā́nó arta tmanā́ diváḥ ||
Translation
تیرے روشن شعلے، تیرے آگ کے بھجن، وسیع کہے جاتے ہیں، جیسے پتھر بولتا ہے۔ اور تیری گرجیل طاقت بھی گونجتی ہے، جیسے آسمان کی آواز اپنی ذات سے پکارتا ہے۔
Word by Word
तवof you / your
तव:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (त्वद्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
द्युमन्तःthe radiant ones
द्युमन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootद्युमन्त् (द्युमत्) प्रातिपदिक < द्युत्/द्यु (प्रकाश) + मन्त्
अर्चयःrays / flames
अर्चयः:
कर्तृ (apposition to द्युमन्तः)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्चि-/अर्चय (अर्चि ‘किरण/ज्योति’ प्रातिपदिक; here plural noun)
ग्रावाthe pressing-stone
ग्रावा:
कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootग्रावन् प्रातिपदिक
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
उच्यतेis spoken / is called
उच्यते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (वद्) धातु
बृहत्great / lofty
बृहत्:
कर्म/प्रत्ययार्थ (as predicate complement)
TypeAdjective (used predicatively)
Rootबृहन्त् प्रातिपदिक
उतand also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
तेto you / for you
ते:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (त्वद्-प्रातिपदिक) सर्वनाम
तन्यतुःthunder / thunder-peal
तन्यतुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootतन्यतु- प्रातिपदिक < धातु तन्/तन्य् (गर्जने/ध्वनौ) ‘thunder’
यथाas / just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
स्वानःsounding / roaring
स्वानः:
कर्तृ
TypeKṛdanta (participle used as noun/adjective)
Rootस्वान- प्रातिपदिक < धातु स्वन् (ध्वनौ) (kṛdanta: present participle/agent noun sense)
अर्तmoved / went / rushed
अर्त:
—
TypeVerb
Rootऋ (अर्त्/ऋच्छ्) धातु; Vedic injunctive/aorist form
त्मनाby itself / with its own force
त्मना:
करण (means: ‘by itself/with its own force’)
TypeNoun (instrumental of reflexive stem)
Rootत्मन् प्रातिपदिक (reflexive/‘self, own person, by oneself’)
दिवःof heaven / of the sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौस् प्रातिपदिक
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