Mantra 4

Sukta 140

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यदद्य वां नासत्योक्थैराचुच्युवीमहि । यद्वा वाणीभिरश्विनेवेत्कण्वस्य बोधतम्

IAST Transliteration

yád adyá vāṃ nā́satyoktháir ācucyuvīmáhi | yád vā vā́ṇībhir aśvine évét káṇvasya bodhatam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What, O Nāsatyas, we have to-day set in motion toward you with hymns—or what with voices, O Aśvins—thereof take heed, even as (ye heeded) Kaṇva’s.

Word by Word

• यत्: that which / whatever
• यत्: Karma (यत्-सम्बद्धं कर्म/विषयः) अथवा Adhikaraṇa (यद्-सम्बद्धः विषयः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) / अद्य-शब्द

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (उद्देश्य-प्राप्तिः) / सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) प्रसङ्गानुसारम्
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) द्विवचन-रूप

• नासत्य: O Nāsatya (Aśvin)
• नासत्य: — (सम्बोधनः)
• Type: Noun (vocative) / Epithet
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ-विशेषणम्/नाम)

• उक्थैः: with hymns / praises
• उक्थैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)

• आचुच्युवीमहि: we have stirred/moved (you) toward us; we have invoked/impelled
• आचुच्युवीमहि: Kartā (वयं)
• Type: Verb
• Root: च्यु (धातु) — ‘चलने/च्युतौ’; उपसर्गः आ-

• यत्: that which / and if (that)
• यत्: Karma/Adhikaraṇa (विषय-निर्देशः)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय) विकल्पार्थक

• वाणीभिः: with words/voices (utterances)
• वाणीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: — (सम्बोधनः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ)

• इव: like / as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय) उपमावाचक

• इत्: indeed / just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: इत् (अव्यय/निपात; वैदिक-निश्चयार्थक)

• कण्वस्य: of Kaṇva
• कण्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: कण्व (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषिनाम)

• बोधतम्: be aware; take notice; awaken (to it), you two
• बोधतम्: Kartā (युवाम्) — आज्ञा/प्रार्थना
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु) — ‘बोधने’

Attribution

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage is invoked; actual RV seer of the source verse belongs to Kaṇva tradition.

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyau)

Chandas: Ṛgvedic meter underlying; requires source identification for exact chandas.

Mantra Rasa

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