Rig Veda 4.44.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 44, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.44

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू नो रयिं पुरुवीरं बृहन्तं दस्रा मिमाथामुभयेष्वस्मे । नरो यद्वामश्विना स्तोममावन्त्सधस्तुतिमाजमीळ्हासो अग्मन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.44.6

Transliteration

nū́ no rayíṁ puru-vī́raṁ bṛhántam dasrā́ mimāthām ubháyeṣv asmḗ | náro yád vām aśvinā stómam ā́van sadhá-stutim ā́ja-mīḷhāso agman ||

Translation

Ashvin bhai, ab hamare liye bada dhan banao. Ismein bahut taakat honi chahiye. Jo log tumhare liye gaana gaate hain, woh tumhare paas aa gaye hain. Unki prarthana seedhi hai.

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Word by Word

• नू: now; indeed
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / नूनम्

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रयिम्: wealth
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि-

• पुरुवीरम्: rich in heroes; having many men
• पुरुवीरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु-वीर- (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• बृहन्तम्: great; abundant
• बृहन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘great’)

• दस्रा: O wondrous ones (Aśvins)
• दस्रा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: दस्र-

• मिमाथाम्: apportion; grant
• मिमाथाम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (मिमाति/मिमेते; ‘to measure out, apportion, grant’)

• उभयेषु: in both (kinds/places)
• उभयेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: उभय-

• अस्मे: in us; among us
• अस्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• नरः: men
• नरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-

• यत्: when; that
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun/Conjunction
• Root: यद्

• वाम्: of you two
• वाम्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (द्विवचन) / enclitic

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: —
• Type: Noun (vocative) / epithet
• Root: अश्विन्-

• स्तोमम्: hymn of praise
• स्तोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम-

• आवन्त्: helping; favoring
• आवन्त्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (present participle) / epithet
• Root: आ-वन् (वन् ‘to win/like’; ‘helping, favoring’)

• सधस्तुतिम्: the joint/common praise
• सधस्तुतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सध-स्तुति- (समास; ‘common/assembly-praise’)

• आजमीळ्हासः: the eager praisers/pressers (singers)
• आजमीळ्हासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजमीळ्ह- (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of singers/priests, ‘pressing/striving, praising’)

• अग्मन्: came; have come
• अग्मन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्