Rig Veda 4.56.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 56, Mantra 4
Sukta 4.56
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)
Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नू रोदसी बृहद्भिर्नो वरूथैः पत्नीवद्भिरिषयन्ती सजोषाः । उरूची विश्वे यजते नि पातं धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः ॥
Transliteration
nū rodasī bṛhád-bhir no varū́thaiḥ patnī́vadbhir iṣáyantī sajóṣāḥ | urūcī́ víśve yájaté ní pātāṃ dhiyā́ syāma rathyáḥ sadā́sāḥ ||
Translation
いま天と地が、その広大な庇護によってわれらを守りますように。配偶のごとき力をもって、同じ心でともに動きつつ。広く輝き、万にとって祭らるべきものとして、われらを護り給え。さらに霊感の思惟（dhī）によって、旅路にふさわしい者、道の常なる同伴者となれますように。
Word by Word
नुnow; indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
रोदसीthe two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
रोदसी:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual) / Deity-name
Rootरोदसी (प्रातिपदिक) < रुद्/रुद्? (वैदिक द्वन्द्व-धारणा: द्यावापृथिव्यौ)
बृहद्भिःwith great (mighty)
बृहद्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us; our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
वरूथैःwith protections; shelters
वरूथैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवरूथ (प्रातिपदिक)
पत्नीवत्भिःas with spouses; paired (as a couple)
पत्नीवत्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपत्नीवत् (प्रातिपदिक: पत्नी + वत्)
इषयन्तीimpelling; urging on
इषयन्ती:
Kartā (agreeing with रोदसी) / accompanying action
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootइष् (धातु) / इषयति (णिच्)
सजोषाःin harmony; of one accord
सजोषाः:
Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (qualifying the subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootसजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक: स- + जोषस्)
उरूचीwide-shining; far-radiant
उरूची:
Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootउरूची (प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वेall (of you); all (gods)
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
यजतेworship; sacrifice
यजते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु)
निdown; in; firmly
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि
पातम्protect (you all)!
पातम्:
Karma (object implied: us) / protective action
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) ‘to protect’
धियाwith thought; by prayer/insight
धिया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक)
स्यामmay we be
स्याम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
रथ्याःfit for the chariot; chariot-worthy
रथ्याः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of the speaker-group)
TypeAdjective
Rootरथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सदासाःcompanions/attendants; those who sit (at the rite)
सदासाः:
Kartā (predicate-noun with स्याम) / Viśeṣya
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसदास् (प्रातिपदिक)
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