Ṛgveda · Maṇḍala 5 · Sūkta 2

Ṛk 5.2.4

Agni · 1, 3-8, 10-12: Kumāra Ātreya Or Vṛśa Jāna Or Both Together; 2, 9: Vṛśa Jāna

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Saṃhitā

क्षेत्रा॑दपश्यं सनु॒तश्चरं॑तं सु॒मद्यू॒थं न पु॒रु शोभ॑मानं ।
न ता अ॑गृभ्र॒न्नज॑निष्ट॒ हि षः पलि॑क्नी॒रिद्यु॑व॒तयो॑ भवंति ॥

क्षेत्राद् अपश्यं सनुतश् चरन्तं सुमद् यूथं न पुरु शोभमानम् |
न ता अगृभ्रन्न् अजनिष्ट हि षः पलिक्नीर् इद् युवतयो भवन्ति ||

kṣétrādapaśyam sanutáścárantam sumádyūthám ná purú śóbhamānam ǀ
ná tā́ agṛbhrannájaniṣṭa hí ṣáḥ páliknīrídyuvatáyo bhavanti ǁ

kṣetrād apaśyaṃ sanutaś carantaṃ sumad yūthaṃ na puru śobhamānam |
na tā agṛbhrann ajaniṣṭa hi ṣaḥ paliknīr id yuvatayo bhavanti ||

Padapāṭha

क्षेत्रा॑त् । अ॒प॒श्य॒म् । स॒नु॒तरिति॑ । चर॑न्तम् । सु॒ऽमत् । यू॒थम् । न । पु॒रु । शोभ॑मानम् ।
न । ताः । अ॒गृ॒भ्र॒न् । अज॑निष्ट । हि । सः । पलि॑क्नीः । इत् । यु॒व॒तयः॑ । भ॒व॒न्ति॒ ॥

क्षेत्रात् । अपश्यम् । सनुतरिति । चरन्तम् । सुऽमत् । यूथम् । न । पुरु । शोभमानम् ।
न । ताः । अगृभ्रन् । अजनिष्ट । हि । सः । पलिक्नीः । इत् । युवतयः । भवन्ति ॥

kṣétrāt ǀ apaśyam ǀ sanutáríti ǀ cárantam ǀ su-mát ǀ yūthám ǀ ná ǀ purú ǀ śóbhamānam ǀ
ná ǀ tā́ḥ ǀ agṛbhran ǀ ájaniṣṭa ǀ hí ǀ sáḥ ǀ páliknīḥ ǀ ít ǀ yuvatáyaḥ ǀ bhavanti ǁ

kṣetrāt ǀ apaśyam ǀ sanutariti ǀ carantam ǀ su-mat ǀ yūtham ǀ na ǀ puru ǀ śobhamānam ǀ
na ǀ tāḥ ǀ agṛbhran ǀ ajaniṣṭa ǀ hi ǀ saḥ ǀ paliknīḥ ǀ it ǀ yuvatayaḥ ǀ bhavanti ǁ

References

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Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
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Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
05.01.016
Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
1, 3-8, 10-12: Kumāra Ātreya Or Vṛśa Jāna Or Both Together; 2, 9: Vṛśa Jāna
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh, Śakvarī
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 5.2.4

Interpretations

Sri Aurobindo

I beheld in the field as it were a happy herd ranging continuously, many, shining; they seized them not, for he was born; even those (cows) that were old, become young again. (SABCL Vol. 10, p.135-36)

I saw in the field as though a happy herd that ranged continuously in many forms of luminous beauty. None could seize them, for he was born; even they that were old among them, grow young once more. (SABCL Vol. 10, p.368)

In that field I saw ranging apart what seemed a happy herd in its many forms of beauty; none could seize on them, for he was born, even those of them who were grey with age became young again. (SABCL Vol. 11, p.204)