Rig Veda 4.4.14: Mandala 4, Sukta 4, Mantra 14
Sukta 4.4
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Agni (as satyatāti, truth-born power)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वया वयं सधन्यस्त्वोतास्तव प्रणीत्यश्याम वाजान् । उभा शंसा सूदय सत्यतातेऽनुष्ठुया कृणुह्यह्रयाण ॥
Transliteration
tváyā vayáṃ sadhanyàs tvótās táva práṇīty aśyāma vā́jān | ubhā́ śáṃsā sūdaya satyatāte 'nuṣṭhuyā́ kṛṇuhy ahrayāṇa ||
Translation
بك نغدو قادرين على الظَّفَرِ الحقّ؛ وبمعونتك، وبقيادتك لعلّنا نبلغ وفرةَ القوّة. أَنجِحْ مديحَينا كِلَيْهِما، يا ابنَ الحقيقة؛ وأَتْمِمْهُ على نسقٍ قويم، بلا عَجَلةٍ ولا عَثْرة.
Word by Word
त्वयाby you / with you
त्वया:
Karaṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सधन्याःprosperous / well-provided
सधन्याः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootसधन्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वोताःhelped by you / protected by you
त्वोताः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootत्वद् + ऊत (कृदन्त, √अव्/√अव्?; ‘to help/protect’ → ऊत ‘helped/protected’)
तवof you / your
तव:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रणीतिby (your) leading / guidance
प्रणीति:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-नी (√नी ‘to lead’) → प्रणीति (स्त्री. भाववाचक)
अश्यामmay we attain
अश्याम:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (to reach, attain)
वाजान्prizes / strengths / spoils
वाजान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
उभाboth (two)
उभा:
Karma
TypeAdjective (dual)
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम/विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
शंसाtwo praises / both laudations
शंसा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशंस (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक; ‘praise’)
सूदयimpel / make prosper
सूदय:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√सू (to impel, set in motion; causative sense ‘to make prosper/urge’)
सत्यताते(in) the two truths / in true order
सत्यताते:
Karma
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootसत्यता (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) + -ते (सम्बोधन/द्वितीया-द्विवचन रूप; RV usage)
अनुष्ठुयाby due observance / in accordance
अनुष्ठुया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअनु-√स्था (to stand after, follow) → अनुष्ठु (स्त्री. ‘following/observance’) ; इन्स्ट्रुमेंटल
कृणुहिdo / make
कृणुहि:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (to do, make)
अह्रयाणwithout haste / unerringly
अह्रयाण:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used adverbially)
Rootअ-ह्रयाण (विशेषण; ‘not hurrying/ not faltering’, from √ह्रय्/ह्रि ‘to hasten/veer’ with privative a-)
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