Rig Veda 5.57.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 57, Mantra 1

Sukta 5.57

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional attribution for RV 5.57)

Devata: Maruts (as Rudrāsaḥ), with Indra-association

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires hymn verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ रुद्रास इन्द्रवन्तः सजोषसो हिरण्यरथाः सुविताय गन्तन । इयं वो अस्मत्प्रति हर्यते मतिस्तृष्णजे न दिव उत्सा उदन्यवे ॥

Transliteration

ā́ rudrāsa índra-vantaḥ sajoṣaso híraṇya-rathāḥ suvitā́ya gantana | iyáṁ vo asmát-práti haryate matís tṛ́ṣṇaje ná divá utsā́ udanyáve ||

Translation

Kommt her, o Söhne Rudras, Indras Macht in euch, einmütig, auf goldenen Wagen, zu unserem Heil. Dieser unser Gedanke eilt verlangend zu euch — wie Quellen vom Himmel zum dürstenden Wassersucher.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, forth (towards)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• रुद्रासः: the Rudras (Maruts)
• रुद्रासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रवन्तः: having Indra (as companion/leader)
• इन्द्रवन्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रवत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् ‘possessing’)

• सजोषसः: in concord, of one accord
• सजोषसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; स- + जोषस् ‘together in liking/accord’)

• हिरण्यरथाः: golden-charioted (ones)
• हिरण्यरथाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य-रथ (समास; हिरण्य ‘gold’ + रथ ‘chariot’)

• सुविताय: for good passage/prosperity
• सुविताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवित (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + वित ‘finding/way’, ‘good passage/prosperity’)

• गन्तन: go, come (hither)!
• गन्तन: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• प्रति: towards, in return
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• हर्यते: is stirred/impelled, hastens
• हर्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ / हर् (धातु; वैदिक ‘to be set in motion/impelled, to be eager’)

• मतिः: thought, hymn, intention
• मतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् ‘to think’)

• तृष्णजे: to the thirsty one
• तृष्णजे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: तृष्णज् (प्रातिपदिक; तृष्णा ‘thirst’ + -ज ‘born/possessing’; ‘thirsting’)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• दिवः: of heaven, from the sky
• दिवः: Adhikaraṇa (genitive of source/region)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sky, heaven, day’)

• उत्साः: springs, fountains
• उत्साः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्स (प्रातिपदिक; ‘spring, fountain’)

• उदन्यवे: to the water-seeker / for rain
• उदन्यवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उदन्यव् (प्रातिपदिक; उदन् ‘water’ + -यव्; ‘watery/rainy’, ‘water-seeking’)