Rig Veda 4.26.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 26, Mantra 5

Sukta 4.26

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Śyena/Soma-bringing power (in Indra-Soma horizon)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

भरद्यदि विरतो वेविजानः पथोरुणा मनोजवा असर्जि । तूयं ययौ मधुना सोम्येनोत श्रवो विविदे श्येनो अत्र ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.26.5

Transliteration

bhárad yádi vír ato vévijānaḥ pathóruṇā mánojavā asarji | tū́yaṃ yayau mádhunā somyéna utá śrávo vivide śyéno atrá ||

Translation

Als er ihn hinaustrug, vor Schnelligkeit bebend, entsandte er ihn auf den weiten Pfaden, mit gedankenschneller Kraft. Eilig zog er dahin mit dem honigsüßen, somahaften Soma; und hier gewann der Falke auch den Ruhm – durch jenes sieghafte Herbeibringen.

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Word by Word

• भरत्: he bore / carried
• भरत्: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति)

• यदि: if / when
• यदि: Sambandha (condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• विरतः: having ceased, withdrawn
• विरतः: Viśeṣaṇa (of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√रम् (विरमति) → विरत (ppp)

• वेविजानः: hastening, speeding about
• वेविजानः: Kartā (as participial qualifier of the subject)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √विज्/√विजा (intensive/reduplicated present stem) → वेविजान (present participle)

• पथः: of/from the path
• पथः: Apādāna (source: ‘from the path’) / Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ् (प्रातिपदिक: पथ)

• उरुणा: by the broad (way)
• उरुणा: Karaṇa (by/with the broad [way])
• Type: Adjective (used substantively/instrumentally)
• Root: उरु (adj. ‘wide, broad’)

• मनोजवाः: swift as thought
• मनोजवाः: Kartā (subject of asarji)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् + जव (tatpuruṣa: ‘mind-speed’) → मनोजव

• असर्जि: was released / was let go
• असर्जि: Kriyā (verb of the clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (सृजति)

• तूयम्: swiftly
• तूयम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूयम्

• ययौ: he went
• ययौ: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (याति)

• मधुना: with honey / with sweetness
• मधुना: Karaṇa (with/by honey; i.e., sweetness)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु

• सोम्येन: soma-like, of Soma
• सोम्येन: Viśeṣaṇa (of मधुना) / Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम्य (adj. ‘soma-like, pertaining to Soma’)

• उत: and also
• उत: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• श्रवः: fame, glory
• श्रवः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवस्

• विविदे: he found / obtained
• विविदे: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (वेद/विन्दति) → perfect विविदे

• श्येनः: the falcon (hawk)
• श्येनः: Kartā (subject of vivide)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र