Rig Veda 5.47.5: Mandala 5, Sukta 47, Mantra 5
Sukta 5.47
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition)
Devata: Cosmic duality and waters/rivers as symbolic carriers; underlying principle of manifested form (vapuḥ)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इदं वपुर्निवचनं जनासश्चरन्ति यन्नद्यस्तस्थुरापः । द्वे यदीं बिभृतो मातुरन्ये इहेह जाते यम्या सबन्धू ॥
Transliteration
idáṃ vápur ni-vácanaṃ janā́saś cáranti yán nádyas tasthúr ā́paḥ | dvé yád īṃ bibhṛtó mātúr anyé ihéha jāté yamyā́ sàbandhū ||
Translation
此形相，此深奥之宣说——众人行于其中；诸河已立为众水。若二者自母而负持之，其余者便在此处、在彼处而生，为同胎相连之亲。于是那一真实在运动中似分而不离，仍以同源之内亲相系。
Word by Word
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वपुःform, appearance
वपुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
निवचनम्designation, appellation
निवचनम्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनि-वचन (प्रातिपदिक; वच् ‘to speak’)
जनासःpeople
जनासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
चरन्तिthey move, proceed
चरन्ति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootचर्
यत्which, that
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनदी (प्रातिपदिक)
तस्थुःthey have stood, stood still
तस्थुः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
आपःwaters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआप् (प्रातिपदिक)
द्वेtwo
द्वे:
Kartā
TypeNumeral
Rootद्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय; यद्-सम्बन्ध)
ईम्indeed, just
ईम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootईम् (अव्यय/एन्क्लिटिक)
बिभ्रतःthe two bear, carry
बिभ्रतः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootभृ
मातुःof the mother
मातुः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
जाते(the) two born
जाते:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootजन्
यम्याtwin(-born), paired
यम्या:
Kartā
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootयम्य (प्रातिपदिक; यम ‘to pair/twin’)
सबन्धूtwo kindred, relatives
सबन्धू:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootस-बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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