Mantra 3

Sukta 140

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ नूनं रघुवर्तनिं रथं तिष्ठाथो अश्विना । आ वां स्तोमा इमे मम नभो न चुच्यवीरत

IAST Transliteration

ā nū́naṃ raghu-vártanīṃ ráthaṃ tiṣṭhātho aśvinā | ā vāṃ stómā imé máma nábho ná cucyavīrat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Now, O Aśvins, mount the swift-revolving car. Hither to you have these my praises rolled on, like a cloud (that swells and drives).

Word by Word

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

• नूनम्: now; indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (avyaya)

• रघुवर्तनिम्: swift-turning; having swift course
• रघुवर्तनिम्: Karma (viśeṣaṇa of karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रघु-वर्तनिन् (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound)

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

• तिष्ठाथः: you two stand; take your place
• तिष्ठाथः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (Divine Horsemen)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika)

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

• वाम्: of you two; your
• वाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronominal base)

• स्तोमाः: praises; hymns
• स्तोमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (prātipadika)

• इमे: these
• इमे: Kartā (apposition to स्तोमाः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (pronominal base)

• मम: my
• मम: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronominal base)

• नभः: sky; heaven
• नभः: Kartā (of comparison-clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (prātipadika)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (avyaya)

• चुच्यवीरत: they have come/moved (down)
• चुच्यवीरत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: च्यु (धातु) with intensive/reduplicated formation; Vedic perfect/aoristic-type ending

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic Aśvin-hymn tradition (Book 20 borrowing)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī provenance in Ṛgveda; Atharvan transmission may compress—meter requires padapāṭha-based scansion.

Mantra Rasa

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