Rig Veda 5.48.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 48, Mantra 3

Sukta 5.48

Devata: A māyin (formative power) associated with vajra; often Indraic imagery, but addressed here as māyini (the shaper) in the verse wording.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ ग्रावभिरहन्येभिरक्तुभिर्वरिष्ठं वज्रमा जिघर्ति मायिनि । शतं वा यस्य प्रचरन्त्स्वे दमे संवर्तयन्तो वि च वर्तयन्नहा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.48.3

Transliteration

ā́ grā́vabhir ahanyébhir aktúbhir váriṣṭhaṃ vájram ā́ jigharti māyíni | śatáṃ vā́ yásya prácaran své damé saṃvartáyanto ví ca vartayann áhā ||

Translation

پریسنگ پتھروں سے - دنوں اور راتوں کے ذریعے - بنانے والا سب سے طاقتور بجلی اٹھاتا ہے۔ جس کے اپنے گھر میں قوتیں اپنے راستوں میں چلتی ہیں، دنوں کو ایک ساتھ گھماتے اور پھر الگ کرتے ہیں۔

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• ग्रावभिः: with pressing-stones
• ग्रावभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रावन् (prātipadika)

• अहन्येभिः: with the daily (rites), day-related
• अहन्येभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहन्‍य (prātipadika from अहन् ‘day’)

• अक्तुभिः: with nights / with darkness
• अक्तुभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्तु (prātipadika)

• वरिष्ठम्: the most excellent
• वरिष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ (superlative prātipadika from वृ/वर ‘choose, prefer; excellent’)

• वज्रम्: thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (prātipadika)

• आ: unto, forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• जिघर्ति: he/it anoints, smears, applies
• जिघर्ति: (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: घृ (dhātu) with reduplication (जि-)

• मायिनि: in/for the wondrous, magical one (the possessor of māyā)
• मायिनि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मायिन् (prātipadika)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Noun
• Root: शत (prātipadika)

• वा: or, indeed
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (particle)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (pronoun)

• प्रचरन्त्: moving about, ranging
• प्रचरन्त्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: चर् (dhātu) with preverb प्र-; present active participle

• स्वे: in his own
• स्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: स्व (pronominal adjective)

• दमे: house, domain
• दमे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम (prātipadika)

• संवर्तयन्तः: causing to turn together, rolling up, gathering
• संवर्तयन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: वृत्/वर्त् (dhātu) with causative -य- and preverb सम्-; present active participle

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (particle)

• वर्तयन्: causing to turn, setting in motion
• वर्तयन्: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: वृत्/वर्त् (dhātu) causative -य-; present active participle

• अहाः: days
• अहाः: Karma (as what is set in motion/ordered)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (prātipadika)