Rig Veda 1.110.4: Mandala 1, Sukta 110, Mantra 4

Sukta 1.110

Rishi: Ribhu-praise tradition within RV 1.110.

Devata: Ribhus (Saudhanvanas).

Chandas: Trishtubh.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

विष्ट्वी शमी तरणित्वेन वाघतो मर्तासः सन्तो अमृतत्वमानशुः । सौधन्वना ऋभवः सूरचक्षसः संवत्सरे समपृच्यन्त धीतिभिः ॥

Transliteration

viṣṭvī́ śámī taraṇitvéna vāgháto mártāsaḥ sánto amṛtatvám ānaśuḥ | saudhanvanā́ ṛ́bhavaḥ sū́ra-cakṣasaḥ saṃvatsaré sám apṛcyanta dhītíbhiḥ ||

Translation

Habiendo hallado el lugar de reposo correcto y por el poder de cruzar más allá, los cantores — aunque mortales — alcanzaron la inmortalidad. Los Ribhus, hijos de Sūdhanvan, de ojos solares, en el ciclo del año quedaron perfectamente unidos a sus iluminaciones (dhīti).

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Word by Word

• विष्ट्वी: having praised
• विष्ट्वी: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकालिक क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √ष्टु (स्तु) / स्तुति- (kṛdanta base)

• शमी: O Śamī (name/epithet)
• शमी: Sambodhana (addressed deity/person)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमी- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शमी’ name/epithet)

• तरणित्वेन: by (your) saving/carrying-across power
• तरणित्वेन: Karaṇa (instrument/means: ‘by/with as saviourhood’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरणि- (प्रातिपदिक ‘saviour/crosser’) + -त्व (भाव)

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• आघतः: of the singer/worshipper
• आघतः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाघत्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘singer, worshipper’)

• मर्तासः: mortals
• मर्तासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त- (प्रातिपदिक ‘mortal’)

• सन्तः: being
• सन्तः: Kartā (with मर्तासः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √अस् (भू) → सन्त् (present participle)

• अमृतत्वम्: immortality
• अमृतत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत- (प्रातिपदिक) + -त्व (भाव)

• आनशुः: attained
• आनशुः: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश् (अश्नुते ‘to attain, reach’)

• सौधन्वनाः: the Saudhanvanas
• सौधन्वनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौधन्वन- (प्रातिपदिक; patronymic/tribal name)

• ऋभवः: the Rbhus
• ऋभवः: Kartā (apposition to सौधन्वनाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋभु- (प्रातिपदिक; name of the Rbhus)

• सूरचक्षसः: bright-eyed / sun-eyed
• सूरचक्षसः: Viśeṣaṇa (of ऋभवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर- (प्रातिपदिक ‘sun/bright’) + चक्षस्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘eye, sight’)

• संवत्सरे: in (the course of) a year
• संवत्सरे: Adhikaraṇa (time-locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर- (प्रातिपदिक ‘year’)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• अपृच्यन्त: they united / joined together
• अपृच्यन्त: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पृच् (पृञ्चति ‘to mix, join, unite’)

• धीतिभिः: with hymns / with inspired thoughts
• धीतिभिः: Karaṇa (means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीति- (प्रातिपदिक ‘thought, prayer, hymn’)