Rig Veda 5.76.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 76, Mantra 2

Sukta 5.76

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) tradition (probable)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न संस्कृतं प्र मिमीतो गमिष्ठान्ति नूनमश्विनोपस्तुतेह । दिवाभिपित्वेऽवसागमिष्ठा प्रत्यवर्तिं दाशुषे शम्भविष्ठा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.76.2

Transliteration

ná saṃskṛtáṃ prá mimītaḥ gám-iṣṭhā ánti nūnám aśvinópa-stutéhá | divā́bhi-pitvé ’vá sā́gamiṣṭhā práty ávartim dāśúṣe śáṃ-bhaviṣṭhā ||

Translation

Do not measure out your coming by what is merely arranged; you are the most ready to arrive—now, here—when you are praised, O Ashvins. In the daylight and in the nearness of our dwelling, come with your help; turn back the obstruction for the giver, O most bringers of peace.

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संस्कृतम्: prepared, well-arranged (rite/act)
• संस्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सं-√कृ (कृ) / संस्कृत (ppp)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: प्र

• मिमीते: measures out, apportions
• मिमीते: Kartā (implicit: he/one)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मा (मि) + उपसर्ग प्र

• गमिष्ठान्: the most ready to come / swiftest-goers
• गमिष्ठान्: Karma (as goal/objects of reaching)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गमिष्ठ (superlative of √गम्/गम)

• इति: thus
• इति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• नूनम्: now, indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• अश्विनोः: of the Aśvins
• अश्विनोः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन्

• उपस्तुते: praises, hymns
• उपस्तुते: Kartā (implicit: the singer/poet)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√स्तु (स्तु)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• दिवा: by day, in daytime
• दिवा: Karaṇa / Adhikaraṇa (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्

• अभिपित्वे: at the drinking/feast (soma-drinking)
• अभिपित्वे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि-पित्व (from √पा ‘to drink’ → पित्व ‘drinking/feast’)

• अवसा: with help, with protection
• अवसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्

• गमिष्ठा: O most ready to come!
• गमिष्ठा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative to dual gods) / epithet
• Root: गमिष्ठ (superlative of √गम्/गम)

• प्रति: towards, back
• प्रति: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: प्रति

• अवर्तिम्: a return (back), turning back
• अवर्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-वर्ति (from √वृत/√वर्त ‘to turn/return’; avarti ‘return/turning back’)

• दाशुषे: to the giver, to the worshipper (who gives)
• दाशुषे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: दाश्वस् (perf. part. of √दा ‘to give’)

• शम्भविष्ठा: O most beneficent!
• शम्भविष्ठा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: शम्-भविष्ठ (superlative of शम्भव ‘beneficent’, from शम् + √भू)