Rig Veda 7.74.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 74, Mantra 3

Sukta 7.74

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; confirm)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ यातमुप भूषतं मध्वः पिबतमश्विना । दुग्धं पयो वृषणा जेन्यावसू मा नो मर्धिष्टमा गतम् ॥

Transliteration

ā́ yātam úpa bhūṣataṃ mádhvaḥ píbatam aśvinā | dúgdhaṃ páyo vṛṣaṇā jényāvasū mā́ no mardhiṣṭam ā́ gatam ||

Translation

Datanglah, mendekatlah dan berkenanlah, wahai Aśvin; minumlah manisnya madhu. Minumlah susu—sari yang menyehatkan—wahai yang perkasa, wahai pemenang kenikmatan yang benar; janganlah menghancurkan kami; datanglah kepada kami.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• यातम्: come (you two)!
• यातम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / yā ‘to go’

• उप: near, up to
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / upa

• भूषतम्: adorn yourselves / be gracious (you two)!
• भूषतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भूष् (धातु) / bhūṣ ‘to adorn, to make splendid; to favor’

• मध्वः: of honey/sweet drink (of soma)
• मध्वः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) / madhu ‘honey; sweet drink, soma’

• पिबतम्: drink (you two)!
• पिबतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) / pā ‘to drink’

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two horsemen)
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (dual proper name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) / aśvin ‘the Aśvins’

• दुग्धम्: milk(ed), fresh milk
• दुग्धम्: कर्म (object of ‘drink’)
• Type: Participle (used as noun/adj.)
• Root: दुह् (धातु) / duh ‘to milk’ → दुग्ध (PPP)

• पयः: milk, nourishing drink
• पयः: कर्म (object of ‘drink’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक) / payas ‘milk; sap’

• वृषणा: O you two vigorous/bull-like ones
• वृषणा: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक) / vṛṣaṇa ‘bull-like, vigorous’

• जेन्यावसू: O you two noble-good/wealthy benefactors
• जेन्यावसू: सम्बोधन
• Type: Compound adjective (epithet)
• Root: जेन्य (प्रातिपदिक) ‘noble, of good race’ + वसु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘good, wealth’

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / mā

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) / asmad

• मर्धिष्टम्: harm (us) / oppress (us)
• मर्धिष्टम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृध्/मर्ध् (धातु) / mṛdh, mardh ‘to harm, oppress’

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā

• गतम्: come/go (you two)!
• गतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) / gam ‘to go’