Rig Veda 2.39.4: Mandala 2, Sukta 39, Mantra 4

Sukta 2.39

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नावेव नः पारयतं युगेव नभ्येव न उपधीव प्रधीव । श्वानेव नो अरिषण्या तनूनां खृगलेव विस्रसः पातमस्मान् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 2.39.4

Transliteration

nā́veva naḥ pārayataṃ yugéva nábhyeva na upadhī́va pradhī́va | śvā́neva no áriṣaṇyā tanū́nāṃ khṛ́galeva vi-srásaḥ pātam asmā́n ||

Translation

Jaise kashti logon ko paar le jaati hai, tum bhi hamko paar lagao. Jaise gaade ka yoke sabko jod ke rakhta hai, tum bhi hamko jod ke rakho. Jaise gaade ka main hissa sabko beech mein rakhta hai, tum bhi hamko theek rakho. Jaise kutte apne malik ki dekhbhaal karte hain, tum bhi hamare sharir ki raksha karo. Jaise koi jaanwar girne se bachata hai, tum bhi hamko girne se bachao.

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• नावा: like a boat
• नावा: Karaṇa (उपमान-रूपेण साधनभावः) / Adverbial-comparative
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• नः: for us / of us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धः ‘for us’) / Possessive
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• पारयतम्: carry (us) across, ferry (us)
• पारयतम्: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया) — ‘cause (us) to cross’
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ/पॄ (पारयति) धातु; causative of √पॄ/√पॄ (to carry across)

• युगा: like yokes (pairs)
• युगा: Karaṇa (उपमान-रूपेण) / Adverbial-comparative
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• नभ्य: with/like a nave (hub)
• नभ्य: Karaṇa (उपमान-रूपेण) / Adverbial-comparative
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाभि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• नः: for us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धः) / Possessive
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्-

• उपधी: with/like a felly/rim-support (wheel-part)
• उपधी: Karaṇa (उपमान-रूपेण) / Adverbial-comparative
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• प्रधी: with/like the felly (outer rim)
• प्रधी: Karaṇa (उपमान-रूपेण) / Adverbial-comparative
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• श्वान: like a dog
• श्वान: Karaṇa (उपमान-रूपेण) / Adverbial-comparative
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• नः: for us
• नः: Sampradāna (हित-सम्बन्धः) / Possessive
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्-

• अरिषण्य: warding off foes, non-injuring/protective
• अरिषण्य: Karaṇa (उपमान-सम्बद्ध-विशेषणम्) / Attribute
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिषण्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अरि-’ + √सन्/√शन्? वैदिक विशेषण)

• तनीनाम्: of (our) bodies, of persons
• तनीनाम्: Sambandha (genitive) — ‘of bodies/persons’
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू- (प्रातिपदिक)

• खृगल: like a khṛgala (a small animal; often ‘jackal/antelope’-type)
• खृगल: Karaṇa (उपमान-रूपेण) / Adverbial-comparative
• Type: Noun
• Root: खृगल- (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• विस्रसः: (you) loosened/freeing (ones), unfastened
• विस्रसः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण युष्मद्-देवतयोः) / Predicate attribute
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: वि-√स्रंस् (स्रंसते) / ‘विस्रस्’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• पातम्: protect (you two)
• पातम्: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया) — ‘protect’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पाति) / √पा (to protect) — वैदिक लोट्-रूप

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma (रक्षणस्य) / Object
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम)