Rig Veda 4.48.3: Mandala 4, Sukta 48, Mantra 3

Sukta 4.48

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)

Devata: Vāyu

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (probable; requires confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अनु कृष्णे वसुधिती येमाते विश्वपेशसा । वायवा चन्द्रेण रथेन याहि सुतस्य पीतये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.48.3

Transliteration

ánu kṛṣṇé vasu-dhitī yēmā́te víśva-peśasā | vāyavā candréṇa ráthena yā́hi sutásya pītáye ||

Translation

Kaale rang ke logon ke peeche peeche, dhan ke do khajane fail rahe hain, har tarah ke roop mein. Vayu, apna chamakta hua rath lekar aao. Soma peene ke liye aao.

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Word by Word

• अनु: after, along, in accordance
• अनु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• कृष्णे: in/at the two dark (ones)
• कृष्णे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुधिती: the two ‘Vasudhitis’ (richly-bestowing ones)
• वसुधिती: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual name/epithet)
• Root: वसु-धिति (प्रातिपदिक; वसु + धिति)

• येमाते: they two restrain/guide themselves; they two hold (together)
• येमाते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु) / यमाते (आत्मनेपदी रूप)

• विश्वपेशसा: with all adornment/with every form of beauty
• विश्वपेशसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-पेशस् (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि)

• वायवा: O Vāyus (O Vāyu, you two)
• वायवा: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)

• चन्द्रेण: with the shining/bright
• चन्द्रेण: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• याहि: come, go
• याहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• सुतस्य: of the pressed Soma
• सुतस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √सु ‘to press’ → सुत ‘pressed (Soma)’)

• पीतये: for drinking
• पीतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (action noun)
• Root: पीति (प्रातिपदिक; √पा ‘to drink’ → पीति ‘drinking’)