Rig Veda 5.76.2: Mandala 5, Sukta 76, Mantra 2
Sukta 5.76
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) tradition (probable)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न संस्कृतं प्र मिमीतो गमिष्ठान्ति नूनमश्विनोपस्तुतेह । दिवाभिपित्वेऽवसागमिष्ठा प्रत्यवर्तिं दाशुषे शम्भविष्ठा ॥
Transliteration
ná saṃskṛtáṃ prá mimītaḥ gám-iṣṭhā ánti nūnám aśvinópa-stutéhá | divā́bhi-pitvé ’vá sā́gamiṣṭhā práty ávartim dāśúṣe śáṃ-bhaviṣṭhā ||
Translation
तुम सिर्फ प्लान के हिसाब से मत आओ। जब लोग तुम्हारे लिए गाते हैं, तब तुरंत आओ। दिन में भी, रात में भी, मदद लेकर आओ। जो लोग देते हैं, उनका काम आसान करो।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
संस्कृतम्prepared, well-arranged (rite/act)
संस्कृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसं-√कृ (कृ) / संस्कृत (ppp)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootप्र
मिमीतेmeasures out, apportions
मिमीते:
Kartā (implicit: he/one)
TypeVerb
Root√मा (मि) + उपसर्ग प्र
गमिष्ठान्the most ready to come / swiftest-goers
गमिष्ठान्:
Karma (as goal/objects of reaching)
TypeAdjective
Rootगमिष्ठ (superlative of √गम्/गम)
इतिthus
इति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
अश्विनोःof the Aśvins
अश्विनोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन्
उपस्तुतेpraises, hymns
उपस्तुते:
Kartā (implicit: the singer/poet)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-√स्तु (स्तु)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
दिवाby day, in daytime
दिवा:
Karaṇa / Adhikaraṇa (time)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्
अभिपित्वेat the drinking/feast (soma-drinking)
अभिपित्वे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअभि-पित्व (from √पा ‘to drink’ → पित्व ‘drinking/feast’)
अवसाwith help, with protection
अवसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्
गमिष्ठाO most ready to come!
गमिष्ठा:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative to dual gods) / epithet
Rootगमिष्ठ (superlative of √गम्/गम)
प्रतिtowards, back
प्रति:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootप्रति
अवर्तिम्a return (back), turning back
अवर्तिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअ-वर्ति (from √वृत/√वर्त ‘to turn/return’; avarti ‘return/turning back’)
दाशुषेto the giver, to the worshipper (who gives)
दाशुषे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (participle used substantively)
Rootदाश्वस् (perf. part. of √दा ‘to give’)
शम्भविष्ठाO most beneficent!
शम्भविष्ठा:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootशम्-भविष्ठ (superlative of शम्भव ‘beneficent’, from शम् + √भू)
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