Mantra 4

Sukta 140

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदद्य वां नासत्योक्थैराचुच्युवीमहि । यद्वा वाणीभिरश्विनेवेत्कण्वस्य बोधतम्

IAST Transliteration

yád adyá vāṃ nā́satyoktháir ācucyuvīmáhi | yád vā vā́ṇībhir aśvine évét káṇvasya bodhatam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What, O Nāsatyas, we have to-day set in motion toward you with hymns—or what with voices, O Aśvins—thereof take heed, even as (ye heeded) Kaṇva’s.

Translation

হে নাসত্যদ্বয় (অশ্বিনদ্বয়), আজ স্তোত্রের দ্বারা আমরা যা কিছু তোমাদের দিকে প্রবাহিত/প্রেরিত করেছি—অথবা হে অশ্বিনদ্বয়, বাণী (উচ্চারিত প্রার্থনা) দ্বারা যা কিছু—তার প্রতি মন দাও; যেমন তোমরা কণ্বর (আহ্বান) শুনে সাড়া দিয়েছিলে।

Word by Word

यत्that which / whatever

अद्यtoday / now

वाम्of you two / you two

नासत्यO Nāsatya (Aśvin)

उक्थैःwith hymns / praises

आचुच्युवीमहिwe have stirred/moved (you) toward us; we have invoked/impelled

यत्that which / and if (that)

वाor

वाणीभिःwith words/voices (utterances)

अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)

इवlike / as

इत्indeed / just

कण्वस्यof Kaṇva

बोधतम्be aware; take notice; awaken (to it), you two

Attribution

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage is invoked; actual RV seer of the source verse belongs to Kaṇva tradition.

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyau)

Chandas: Ṛgvedic meter underlying; requires source identification for exact chandas.

Mantra Rasa

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