Rig Veda 4.39.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 39, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.39

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Dadhikrāvan

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence is possible here, but RV 4.39 overall is largely triṣṭubh; meter uncertain without full syllable count

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

दधिक्राव्णो अकारिषं जिष्णोरश्वस्य वाजिनः । सुरभि नो मुखा करत्प्र ण आयूंषि तारिषत् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.39.6

Transliteration

dadhikrā́vṇo akāriṣaṃ jiṣṇór aśvásya vā́jinaḥ | surabhí no múkhā karat prá ṇa āyū́ṃṣi tāriṣat ||

Translation

Maine Dadhikravan ghode ke liye yeh paath banaya hai. Yeh ghoda jeetne wala hai aur taakat wala hai. Woh hamare chehre ko chamakdar bana de. Woh hamari zindagi ko aage le jaaye aur hum paar kar len.

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Word by Word

• दधिक्राव्णः: of Dadhikrāvan
• दधिक्राव्णः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: दधिक्रावन्- (प्रातिपदिक; अश्वदेवता/दधिक्रावन्)

• अकारिषम्: I have made / I have performed
• अकारिषम्: कर्तृ (speaker ‘I’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (√कृ ‘to make/do’)

• जिष्णोः: of the victorious one
• जिष्णोः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: जिष्णु- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘victorious’)

• अश्वस्य: of the horse
• अश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व-

• वाजिनः: of the racer / prize-winner
• वाजिनः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वाजिन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘prize-winning, swift’)

• सुरभि: fragrant, sweet-smelling
• सुरभि: कर्मप्रवचनीय-सम्बन्ध / विधेयविशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरभि-

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us / our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• मुखात्: from (his/your) mouth
• मुखात्: अपादान (source: ‘from the mouth’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख-

• करत्: let him make / may he make
• करत्: कर्तृ (he = Dadhikrāvan)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (√कृ ‘to make/do’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: क्रियाविशेषण (preverbial intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• आयूंषि: lifetimes, vital powers
• आयूंषि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस्-

• तारिषत्: may he carry through / may he help (us) cross
• तारिषत्: कर्तृ (he)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ (√तॄ ‘to cross over, carry through’)