Rig Veda 4.56.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 56, Mantra 5

Sukta 4.56

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4; hymn-level assignment)

Devata: Dyāvā (dual heavenly powers); in the local sequence likely connected with Mitra–Varuṇa/Ādityas as upholders of ṛta (paired sovereignty)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.56; requires full hymn scan for certainty)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वां महि द्यवी अभ्युपस्तुतिं भरामहे । शुची उप प्रशस्तये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.56.5

Transliteration

prá vām mahí dyávī abhyúpastutiṃ bharāmahe | śúcī úpa práśastaye ||

Translation

हम आप दोनों बड़े चमकने वाले के लिए अपनी भक्ति का गीत गाते हैं। आप दोनों आसमान में हैं और हम आपकी तरफ आते हैं। हम साफ दिल से आपकी प्रशंसा करते हैं और आपके पास आते हैं।

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (intended recipients) / संबन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronominal stem)

• महि: greatly, mightily
• महि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (indeclinable; from मह्/मह (great))

• द्यवी: in heaven / in the sky
• द्यवी: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्याव् (prātipadika: dyāv- ‘sky’)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga)

• उपस्तुतिम्: praise, hymn of invocation
• उपस्तुतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप-स्तुति (prātipadika; from √स्तु ‘praise’ with upa-)

• भरामहे: we bring / we offer
• भरामहे: Kriyā (with implicit Kartā ‘we’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति) ‘to bear, bring’

• शुची: pure, bright
• शुची: Karma (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (prātipadika ‘bright, pure’)

• उप: up to, near; in addition (as preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (upasarga)

• प्रशस्तये: for praise, for laudation
• प्रशस्तये: Sampradāna (purpose/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-शस्ति (prātipadika; from √शंस/√शस् ‘to praise, proclaim’ with pra-)