Rig Veda 4.45.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 45, Mantra 4
Sukta 4.45
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Aśvinau (their powers/vehicles described through bird/bee imagery)
Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
हंसासो ये वां मधुमन्तो अस्रिधो हिरण्यपर्णा उहुव उषर्बुधः । उदप्रुतो मन्दिनो मन्दिनिस्पृशो मध्वो न मक्षः सवनानि गच्छथः ॥
Transliteration
haṃsā́so yé vāṁ mádhu-manto asrídho híraṇya-parṇā uhúva uṣár-budhaḥ | udá-pruto mandíno mandi-nispṛ́śo mádhvo na mákṣaḥ sávānāni gacchathaḥ ||
Translation
白鳥のごとく、蜜に満ちて過たず、黄金の翼をもって暁とともに目覚め、水より躍り出で、歓喜して歓喜に触れつつ——蜜の蜂のように、汝らはソーマの搾りの祭へと赴く。
Word by Word
हंसासःswans (metaphoric: swift ones)
हंसासः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootहंस (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho
ये:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of you two / you two
वाम्:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमन्तःhoneyed, sweet (with mead)
मधुमन्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्रिधःunfailing, unerring
अस्रिधः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-स्रिध् (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
हिरण्यपर्णाःgolden-winged / with golden feathers
हिरण्यपर्णाः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य-पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक; कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि)
ऊहुःthey have borne / carried
ऊहुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु; परस्मैपद) → ऊहुः (वेदिक परिपूर्ण/लिट्-रूप)
उषर्बुधःdawn-awakened ones / those awake at dawn
उषर्बुधः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउषर्-बुध (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष)
उदप्रुतःup-springing, leaping up
उदप्रुतः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootउद-प्रुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्दिनःgladdening, exhilarating
मन्दिनः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्दिनिस्पृशःtouching/bringing exhilaration
मन्दिनिस्पृशः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्दिनि-स्पृश् (प्रातिपदिक; तत्पुरुष/बहुव्रीहि)
मध्वःof honey / of mead
मध्वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
मक्षःa bee
मक्षः:
कर्तृ (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootमक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
सवनानिpressings, Soma-oblations
सवनानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक)
गच्छथःyou two go / come
गच्छथः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु; परस्मैपद)
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