Rig Veda 5.76.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 76, Mantra 1

Sukta 5.76

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) tradition (probable for this Aśvin hymn cluster)

Devata: Aśvinau (primary); Agni and Uṣas as opening powers

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ भात्यग्निरुषसामनीकमुद्विप्राणां देवया वाचो अस्थुः । अर्वाञ्चा नूनं रथ्येह यातं पीपिवांसमश्विना घर्ममच्छ ॥

Transliteration

ā́ bhāty agnír uṣásām ánīkam úd viprāṇāṃ deva-yā́ vā́co asthuḥ | arvā́ñcā nūnáṃ rathyéhá yātaṃ pīpivā́ṃsam aśvinā gharmám áccha ||

Translation

Agni bersinar, wajah para Fajar; dan kata-kata para ṛṣi yang menuju para dewa pun bangkit. Kini berpalinglah ke sini dengan kereta kalian—wahai Aśvin—menuju nektar penghangat (gharma) yang telah disiapkan dan dipenuhi bagi kalian.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; forth
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• भाति: shines
• भाति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भा (भा, ‘to shine’)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (prātipadika)

• उषसाम्: of the Dawns
• उषसाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस्- (prātipadika)

• अनीकम्: face; appearance; front
• अनीकम्: Kartā (appositional to अग्निः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक- (prātipadika)

• उत्: up; forth
• उत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत् (upasarga) / ut (avyaya)

• विप्राणाम्: of the inspired poets/priests
• विप्राणाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र- (prātipadika)

• देवया: with godward/divine
• देवया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवय- (prātipadika; ‘godward, divine’)

• वाचः: voices; utterances
• वाचः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्- (prātipadika)

• अस्थुः: have stood forth; have arisen
• अस्थुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (स्था, ‘to stand’)

• अर्वाञ्चा: turned hither (you two)
• अर्वाञ्चा: Kartā (vocative-like nominative for address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च्- (prātipadika; ‘turned hither’)

• नूनम्: now; indeed
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (avyaya)

• रथ्या: riding in a chariot; charioteering
• रथ्या: Kartā (vocative-like nominative for address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ्य- (prātipadika)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (avyaya)

• यातम्: come (you two)!
• यातम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (या, ‘to go’)

• पीपिवांसम्: the one who has drunk; well-drinking
• पीपिवांसम्: Karma (goal/object of motion: ‘to’)
• Type: Participle (Adjective/Noun)
• Root: पीपिवांस्- (kṛdanta from √पा ‘to drink’; reduplicated perfect participle)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन्- (prātipadika)

• घर्मम्: hot drink; gharmá (heated offering)
• घर्मम्: Karma (with अच्/गम् sense: ‘towards’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म- (prātipadika)

• अच्छ: toward
• अच्छ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छ (avyaya/preposition-like)