Rig Veda 4.52.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 52, Mantra 4

Sukta 4.52

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Uṣas

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यावयद्द्वेषसं त्वा चिकित्वित्सूनृतावरि । प्रति स्तोमैरभुत्स्महि ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.52.4

Transliteration

yāvayád-dvéṣasaṃ tvā cikitvít sūnṛtāvari | práti stómair abhutsmahi ||

Translation

智ある者よ、光明の真言スーヌリター（sūnṛtā）を担う者よ、憎しみと分裂の力をわれらより遠く追い払え。われらは肯定の讃歌をもって汝の前に進み、受け入れられんことを。

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• यावयत्: drove away, repelled
• यावयत्: Kriyā (finite verb of the clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यावय (यु/यौ-प्रेरणे; caus.)

• द्वेषसम्: hatred; the hating (hostile) one/thing
• द्वेषसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेषस् (प्रातिपदिक) < √द्विष् (द्वेषे)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (अस्मद्-युष्मद् सर्वनाम)

• चिकित्वित्: the wise one; the discerning
• चिकित्वित्: Kartā (as an epithet of the subject addressed)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिकित्वस्/चिकित्वत् (प्रातिपदिक) < √चित् (अवबोधने) (intensive/perfect-based adj.)

• सूनृतावरि: O best in true speech (truth-speaking one)
• सूनृतावरि: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative compound address)
• Root: सूनृता (प्रातिपदिक) + वरि (voc. of वरिन्/वरि ‘best/choice’ used as address)

• प्रति: towards; in return; in response
• प्रति: — (modifies the verb/act of responding)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• स्तोमैः: with praises; with hymns
• स्तोमैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक) < √स्तु (स्तुतौ)

• अभूत्: became; was
• अभूत्: Kriyā (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (सत्तायाम्)

• स्महि: we
• स्महि: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic pronoun form)

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