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Rig Veda 4.40.1: Mandala 4, Sukta 40, Mantra 1

Sukta 4.40

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Dadhikrāvan (primary); associated powers: Uṣas, Apas, Agni, Sūrya, Bṛhaspati, Angirasa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

दधिक्राव्ण इदु नु चर्किराम विश्वा इन्मामुषसः सूदयन्तु । अपामग्नेरुषसः सूर्यस्य बृहस्पतेराङ्गिरसस्य जिष्णोः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.40.1

dadhikrā́vṇa íd u nú cārkirāma víśvā ín mām uṣásaḥ sūdayantu | apā́m agnér uṣásaḥ sū́ryasya bṛ́haspáter āṅgirasásya jiṣṇóḥ ||

Nun wahrlich wollen wir Dadhikrāvan verkünden; mögen alle Uṣas, die Morgenröten, mich vorwärts treiben — die Morgenröten der Wasser, des Agni, der Sonne, des Bṛhaspati, des Aṅgirasa, des Sieghaften.

दधिक्राव्णेto Dadhikrāvan
दधिक्राव्णे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper/name)
Rootदधिक्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक) < दधि + क्रावन् (नाम) (यज्ञीय/अश्वदेवता)
इत्indeed
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात/प्रगृह्य-रूप)
उalso
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
नु
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)

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