Rig Veda 4.21.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 21, Mantra 5
Sukta 4.21
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Indra (made present by the Hotṛ)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उप यो नमो नमसि स्तभायन्नियर्ति वाचं जनयन्यजध्यै । ऋञ्जसानः पुरुवार उक्थैरेन्द्रं कृण्वीत सदनेषु होता ॥
Transliteration
úpa yó námo námasi stabhāyán níyarti vā́caṃ janáyan yájadhyai | ṛñjasānás puru-vā́ra uktháir índraṃ kṛṇvīta sádanēṣu hótā ||
Translation
那位以敬畏趋近者，以礼敬复礼敬而使颂献安立；使言辞发动，并为祭祀之行令其诞生——他端直其身，富于多重开显之门；以赞歌使因陀罗临在诸座，作为献祭之祭官（Hotṛ）。
Word by Word
उपnear, towards (as preverb)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग) / upa
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / yad
नमःobeisance
नमः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक) / namas
नमसिin/with obeisance
नमसि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक) / namas
स्तभायन्propping up, supporting
स्तभायन्:
Kartā (सहायक-क्रिया/विशेषणरूपेण यः)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तभ् (धातु) / stabh
नियर्तिsets in motion, directs
नियर्ति:
Kartā (यः)
TypeVerb
Rootयृ (धातु) / yṛ (to set in motion, control) + नि-
वाचम्speech, utterance
वाचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक) / vāc
जनयन्generating, producing
जनयन्:
Kartā (यः) / सहक्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootजन्/जनय् (धातु) / jan, janay (caus.)
यजध्यैto sacrifice, to worship
यजध्यै:
Prayojana (उद्देश्य) / Sampradāna-भावः
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु) / yaj
ऋञ्जसानःbeing straight/true; proceeding rightly
ऋञ्जसानः:
Kartā (यः) / विशेषणम्
TypeParticiple
Rootऋञ्ज् (धातु) / ṛñj (to make straight, arrange) अथवा ‘ऋञ्जसा’ (अव्यय ‘सीधे/ऋजुना’) + आन (मध्य/आत्मने) कृदन्त
पुरुवारःhaving many boons/choices (many gifts)
पुरुवारः:
Kartā-विशेषणम्
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु-वार (प्रातिपदिक) / puru-vāra
उक्थैःwith hymns of praise
उक्थैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक) / uktha
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / indra
कृण्वीतshould make, should appoint
कृण्वीत:
Kartā (यः)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) / kṛ
सदनेषुin the seats/dwellings (ritual places)
सदनेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसदन (प्रातिपदिक) / sadana
होताthe Hotṛ-priest (invoker)
होता:
Kartā (predicate-nominative) / कर्तृपद
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (प्रातिपदिक) / hotṛ
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