Rig Veda 4.44.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 44, Mantra 4

Sukta 4.44

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हिरण्ययेन पुरुभू रथेनेमं यज्ञं नासत्योप यातम् । पिबाथ इन्मधुनः सोम्यस्य दधथो रत्नं विधते जनाय ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.44.4

Transliteration

hiraṇyáyena purubhū́ ráthene máṁ yajñáṁ nāsatyópa yātam | pibā́thaḥ ín mádhunaḥ somyásya dádhatho rátnam vidhaté jánāya ||

Translation

Acercaos a este sacrificio, oh Nāsatyas, en vuestro carro de oro, abundante en dones. Bebed en verdad el Soma meloso, el Soma; y depositad el tesoro en el hombre que sirve y dispone la obra de la ofrenda.

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Word by Word

• हिरण्ययेन: with/by the golden
• हिरण्ययेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक) < हिरण्य

• पुरुभू: O much-being/mighty one (epithet)
• पुरुभू: (Sambodhana; not a kāraka)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पुरुभू (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-स्वरूप) < पुरु + भू

• रथेन: with the chariot
• रथेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice, rite
• यज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• नासत्या: O Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
• नासत्या: (Sambodhana; not a kāraka)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ)

• उप: near, hither
• उप: (verb-modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• यातम्: come, drive (hither)!
• यातम्: (main verb; addressed to deities)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• पिबाथः: drink (you two)!
• पिबाथः: (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति) (धातु)

• इत्: indeed, just
• इत्: (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात/अव्यय)

• मधुनः: of sweetness / of honey
• मधुनः: (genitive relation to ‘सोम्यस्य’ / drink)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सोम्यस्य: of the Soma(-like), of Soma
• सोम्यस्य: (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोम्य (प्रातिपदिक) < सोम

• दधथः: you two place/give
• दधथः: (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• रत्नम्: treasure, gift
• रत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• विधते: to the worshipper/ordainer (sacrificer)
• विधते: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (agentive)
• Root: विधत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विधत्’ = यजमान/यजक, worshipper) < √धा/√विध् (विधाने)

• जनाय: to the man/people
• जनाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)