Rig Veda 1.157.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 157, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.157

Devata: Aśvins

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ न ऊर्जं वहतमश्विना युवं मधुमत्या नः कशया मिमिक्षतम् । प्रायुस्तारिष्टं नी रपांसि मृक्षतं सेधतं द्वेषो भवतं सचाभुवा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.157.4

Transliteration

ā́ na ūrjáṃ vahatam aśvinā yuváṃ mádhu-matyā naḥ káśayā mimikṣatam | prá-ā́yus tā́riṣṭaṃ nī́ rapā́ṃsi mṛkṣataṃ sédhataṃ dvéṣo bhavatam sacā-bhúvā ||

Translation

Bringt uns Kraft und wahre Nahrung, o Aśvins; mit eurer honigschweren Peitsche mischt es uns ein. Führt unsere Lebensmacht (prāyus) zur Unversehrtheit; wischt Flecken und Wunden hinweg; wehrt Feindschaft ab — seid mit uns als mitgehende Mächte, die mit uns werden.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ऊर्जम्: strength, nourishment
• ऊर्जम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज् (prātipadika: ऊर्ज्/ऊर्जा)

• वहतम्: carry, bring (you two)
• वहतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative of dual deity-name)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika)

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मधुमत्या: with honeyed (whip)
• मधुमत्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (adj.)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• कशया: with a whip
• कशया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कशा (prātipadika)

• मिमिक्षतम्: you two have sprinkled/mingled; bestow
• मिमिक्षतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मिक्ष् / मिक्ष (Vedic: ‘to mix, sprinkle, moisten; to bestow by sprinkling’)

• प्रायुः: life-force, lifetime
• प्रायुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-आयुस् (prātipadika: आयुस्)

• तारिष्टम्: safe-crossing, unharmed
• तारिष्टम्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective (Vedic epithet)
• Root: तॄ (to cross) → तारित/तारिष्ट (Vedic desiderative/benedictive-adj. sense: ‘causing to pass safely’)

• नी: down, away
• नी: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (upasarga)

• रपांसि: defects, stains, harms
• रपांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रपस् (prātipadika)

• मृक्षतम्: wipe off, cleanse (you two)
• मृक्षतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृक्ष्

• सेधतम्: ward off (you two)
• सेधतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध्/सेध् (Vedic: ‘to ward off, repel, prevent’)

• द्वेषः: hatred, hostility
• द्वेषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेषस् (prātipadika)

• भवतम्: be (you two)
• भवतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• सचाभुवा: being together with (us); accompanying
• सचाभुवा: Kartā (apposition to युवम्/अश्विना)
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: सचा (avyaya ‘together, accompanying’) + भू (kṛdanta: भुवा/भुवन् ‘being’)