Rig Veda 4.44.6: Mandala 4, Sukta 44, Mantra 6

Sukta 4.44

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू नो रयिं पुरुवीरं बृहन्तं दस्रा मिमाथामुभयेष्वस्मे । नरो यद्वामश्विना स्तोममावन्त्सधस्तुतिमाजमीळ्हासो अग्मन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.44.6

Transliteration

nū́ no rayíṁ puru-vī́raṁ bṛhántam dasrā́ mimāthām ubháyeṣv asmḗ | náro yád vām aśvinā stómam ā́van sadhá-stutim ā́ja-mīḷhāso agman ||

Translation

いま、驚異のアシュヴィン（Aśvins）よ、われらのために、広大で、数多の英雄の力に富むrāyí（富・恵み）を、われらの両面にわたり打ち鍛えよ。人々は汝らに、讃歌と、目前の賛嘆と、前へ駆り立てる呼び声とを携えて来たりぬ—その称揚者たちが来た。

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Word by Word

• नू: now; indeed
• नू: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / नूनम्

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रयिम्: wealth
• रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि-

• पुरुवीरम्: rich in heroes; having many men
• पुरुवीरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरु-वीर- (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• बृहन्तम्: great; abundant
• बृहन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘great’)

• दस्रा: O wondrous ones (Aśvins)
• दस्रा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: दस्र-

• मिमाथाम्: apportion; grant
• मिमाथाम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (मिमाति/मिमेते; ‘to measure out, apportion, grant’)

• उभयेषु: in both (kinds/places)
• उभयेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun
• Root: उभय-

• अस्मे: in us; among us
• अस्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• नरः: men
• नरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-

• यत्: when; that
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun/Conjunction
• Root: यद्

• वाम्: of you two
• वाम्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (द्विवचन) / enclitic

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: —
• Type: Noun (vocative) / epithet
• Root: अश्विन्-

• स्तोमम्: hymn of praise
• स्तोमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम-

• आवन्त्: helping; favoring
• आवन्त्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (present participle) / epithet
• Root: आ-वन् (वन् ‘to win/like’; ‘helping, favoring’)

• सधस्तुतिम्: the joint/common praise
• सधस्तुतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सध-स्तुति- (समास; ‘common/assembly-praise’)

• आजमीळ्हासः: the eager praisers/pressers (singers)
• आजमीळ्हासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजमीळ्ह- (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of singers/priests, ‘pressing/striving, praising’)

• अग्मन्: came; have come
• अग्मन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्