Rig Veda 10.40.4: Mandala 10, Sukta 40, Mantra 4
Sukta 10.40
Devata: Aśvinau
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
युवां मृगेव वारणा मृगण्यवो दोषा वस्तोर्हविषा नि ह्वयामहे । युवं होत्रामृतुथा जुह्वते नरेषं जनाय वहथः शुभस्पती ॥
Transliteration
yuvā́ṃ mṛgéva vāraṇā́ mṛgaṇyávo doṣā́ vástoḥ havíṣā ní hvayāmahe | yuváṃ hotrā́m ṛtuthā́ juhváte naréṣaṃ jánāya vahathaḥ śubhaspatī ||
Translation
汝ら二柱は、野の獣を求める狩人のごとく、夜と暁に供物をもってわれらは呼び招く。美の主たちよ、ホートリ（Hotṛ）が時にかなって順序正しく供犠を捧げるとき、汝らは「ナレーシャ（nareṣa）」—男の力・英雄の精髄—を人々のもとへ運び来たらす。
Word by Word
युवाम्you two
युवाम्:
कर्म (आह्वानस्य/ह्वयामहे इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयुव (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) द्विवचन-रूप
मृगाdeer (wild animals)
मृगा:
कर्तृ (उपमान-सम्बन्धे)
TypeNoun
Rootमृग
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वारणाelephants / restrainers (varāṇaḥ)
वारणा:
कर्तृ (उपमान-सम्बन्धे)
TypeNoun
Rootवारण
मृगण्यवःdeer-seeking, hunting
मृगण्यवः:
विशेषण (मृगा/वारणा)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृगण्यु
दोषाat night
दोषा:
अधिकरण (काल)
TypeNoun
Rootदोषा
वस्तोःof dawn / at daybreak
वस्तोः:
अधिकरण (काल-सम्बन्धे)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्तु/वस्तु (वस्तु > वस्तोः; ‘वस्तु’ = dawn/daybreak) अथवा ‘वस्तर्’ (प्रातः) परम्परागत
हविषाwith oblation
हविषा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootहविस्
निdown, in (intensively)
नि:
—
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootनि
ह्वयामहेwe call/invoke
ह्वयामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वा) आह्वाने
युवम्you two
युवम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुव (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) द्विवचन-रूप
होत्राम्the Hotṛ-function / priestly office
होत्राम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootहोत्रा
ऋतुथाin due season, at the proper times
ऋतुथा:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऋतु + था
जुह्वते(they) two offer / pour (oblations)
जुह्वते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हु (जुहोति) होमकर्मणि
नरेषम्the lord of men / leader of men
नरेषम्:
कर्म (वहथः इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootनरेष (नर + ईश) समास-प्रातिपदिक
जनायfor the people
जनाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootजन
वहथःyou two convey/bring
वहथः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वह् वहने
शुभस्पतीO lords of splendor/beauty
शुभस्पती:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootशुभस् + पति (समास)
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