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Rig Veda 5.41.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 41, Mantra 1

Sukta 5.41

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage; RV 5.41 is traditionally Kaṇva hymn)
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical check)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

को नु वां मित्रावरुणावृतायन्दिवो वा महः पार्थिवस्य वा दे । ऋतस्य वा सदसि त्रासीथां नो यज्ञायते वा पशुषो न वाजान् ॥

Transliteration

kó nu vāṃ mitrāvaruṇāv ṛtāyán divó vā maháḥ pārthivásya vā de | ṛtásya vā sádasi trāsī́thāṃ no yajñāyaté vā paśuṣó na vā́jān ||

Translation

হে মিত্র-বৰুণ, দিৱ্যলোকত, মহত্ত্বৰ বিস্তাৰত, বা পাৰ্থিৱ ৰাজ্যত—আপোনালোক দুয়োক সত্যৰে কোনে যথাৰ্থভাৱে আৰাধনা কৰিব? ঋতৰ আসনত আমাক ৰক্ষা কৰক—যজ্ঞকাৰীৰ বাবে হওক, বা গোপালৰ দৰে বল-সমৃদ্ধিৰ পূৰ্ণতা বিচৰা জনৰ বাবে হওক।

Word by Word
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ (प्रश्नकर्ता) / विषयः
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रश्न-प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow/indeed (emphatic)
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
वाम्of you two / you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्ध-कारकः) / कर्म-सम्बन्धः
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (द्वितीया/षष्ठी द्विवचन-रूप)
मित्रावरुणौMitra and Varuṇa
मित्रावरुणौ:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Deity name)
Rootमित्र-वरुण (समाहार-द्वन्द्व/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतायन्has gone/has come according to ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतायन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb (finite, Vedic form)
Rootऋत + √या (या गतौ) → ऋतायन् (वेदिक-प्रयोगः)
दिवःof heaven / from heaven
दिवः:
अपादान/सम्बन्ध (from/of heaven)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
महःof the great (space/realm)
महः:
सम्बन्ध (of the great expanse)
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
पार्थिवस्यof the earthly (realm)
पार्थिवस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (used as noun)
Rootपार्थिव (पृथिवी-सम्बन्धि)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
देgive! / O giver! (Vedic form)
दे:
—
TypeVerb/Interjectional vocative (Vedic)
Root√दा (दा दाने) / वैदिक-सम्बोधन-रूपः
ऋतस्यof ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootऋत (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
सदसिin the seat/assembly
सदसि:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootसदस् (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रासीथाम्you two have protected / protect
त्रासीथाम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√त्रा (त्रा रक्षणे)
नःus / of us
नः:
कर्म (object of protection) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
यज्ञायतेsacrifices / performs worship
यज्ञायते:
क्रिया (to the one who is sacrificing)
TypeVerb (denominative/Ātmanepada)
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + √यत्/√या? → यज्ञायते (वेदिक)
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पशुषःof cattle / of the sacrificial animal
पशुषः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike/as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वाजान्prizes/strengths (victory-booty)
वाजान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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