Rig Veda 1.118.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 118, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.118

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional)

Devata: Aśvinau (with an associated solar/dawn figure: Sūryā or Daughter of Sūrya)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वां रथं युवतिस्तिष्ठदत्र जुष्ट्वी नरा दुहिता सूर्यस्य । परि वामश्वा वपुषः पतंगा वयो वहन्त्वरुषा अभीके ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.118.5

Transliteration

ā́ vāṁ ráthaṁ yuvatís tíṣṭhad átra juṣṭvī́ narā duhitā́ sū́ryasya | pári vā́m áśvā vápūṣaḥ pataṅgā́ váyo vahantv aruṣā́ abhī́ke ||

Translation

Hier stellt sich die junge Maid, die Tochter der Sonne, auf euren Wagen, o Helden, euch erwählend. Rings um euch mögen die geflügelten Rosse, von schöner Gestalt – rötlich im nahen Erscheinen –, Lebenshauch und Seinsbewegung tragen.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)

• वाम्: to/for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (prātipadika)

• युवतिः: the young woman
• युवतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: युवति (prātipadika)

• तिष्ठत्: standing
• तिष्ठत्: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (deictic adverb)

• जुष्ट्वी: having gladly accepted; delighting
• जुष्ट्वी: —
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: जुष् (धातु)

• नरा: O two men (Aśvins)
• नरा: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: नर (prātipadika)

• दुहिता: the daughter
• दुहिता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (prātipadika)

• सूर्यस्य: of Sūrya
• सूर्यस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (prātipadika)

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga)

• वाम्: you two; for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (prātipadika)

• वपुषः: of beauty; of fair form
• वपुषः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (prātipadika)

• पतंगाः: winged ones; birds (lit. ‘fliers’)
• पतंगाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतंग (prātipadika)

• वयः: courses/paths (of flight)
• वयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (prātipadika)

• वहन्तु: let them carry
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

• अरुषाः: ruddy; tawny
• अरुषाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुष (prātipadika)

• अभीके: near; close by
• अभीके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative)
• Root: अभीक (prātipadika)