Mantra 5
Sukta 4.56
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4; hymn-level assignment)
Devata: Dyāvā (dual heavenly powers); in the local sequence likely connected with Mitra–Varuṇa/Ādityas as upholders of ṛta (paired sovereignty)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.56; requires full hymn scan for certainty)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र वां महि द्यवी अभ्युपस्तुतिं भरामहे । शुची उप प्रशस्तये ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
प्र वां॒ महि॒ द्यवी॑ अ॒भ्युप॑स्तुतिं भरामहे । शुची॒ उप॒ प्रश॑स्तये ॥
Transliteration
prá vām mahí dyávī abhyúpastutiṃ bharāmahe | śúcī úpa práśastaye ||
Translation
Forward we bring to you two, O vast Shining Ones of heaven, our uplifted hymn of approach; for the pure powers, we draw near with a luminous praise that opens the way.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
प्र । वा॒म् । महि॑ । द्यवी॒ इति॑ । अ॒भि । उप॑ऽस्तुतिम् । भ॒रा॒म॒हे॒ । शुची॒ इति॑ । उप॑ । प्रऽश॑स्तये ॥प्र । वाम् । महि । द्यवी इति । अभि । उपस्तुतिम् । भरामहे । शुची इति । उप । प्रशस्तये ॥pra | vām | mahi | dyavī iti | abhi | upa-stutim | bharāmahe | śucī iti | upa | pra-śastaye
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वाम्of you two / you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna (intended recipients) / संबन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronominal stem)
महिgreatly, mightily
महि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि (indeclinable; from मह्/मह (great))
द्यवीin heaven / in the sky
द्यवी:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्याव् (prātipadika: dyāv- ‘sky’)
अभिtowards, unto
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (upasarga)
उपस्तुतिम्praise, hymn of invocation
उपस्तुतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउप-स्तुति (prātipadika; from √स्तु ‘praise’ with upa-)
भरामहेwe bring / we offer
भरामहे:
Kriyā (with implicit Kartā ‘we’)
TypeVerb
Root√भृ (भरति) ‘to bear, bring’
शुचीpure, bright
शुची:
Karma (qualifier of the object)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुचि (prātipadika ‘bright, pure’)
उपup to, near; in addition (as preverb)
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (upasarga)
प्रशस्तयेfor praise, for laudation
प्रशस्तये:
Sampradāna (purpose/beneficiary)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-शस्ति (prātipadika; from √शंस/√शस् ‘to praise, proclaim’ with pra-)