Rig Veda 5.73.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 73, Mantra 3
Sukta 5.73
Devata: Aśvins
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ईर्मान्यद्वपुषे वपुश्चक्रं रथस्य येमथुः । पर्यन्या नाहुषा युगा मह्ना रजांसि दीयथः ॥
Transliteration
ī́rmā́ anyád váp uṣe váp uś cakráṃ ráthasya yémathuḥ | pár y anyā́ nā́huṣā yugā́ mahnā́ rajā́ṃsi dīyathaḥ ||
Translation
汝らは美のために一つの姿を定め、また別の姿を定めた。汝らは戦車の輪を据えた。さらに別の一対の軛をもって、ナーहुष（Nāhuṣa）の裔よ、汝らの偉大さにより諸世界を渡り行く――諸領域を巡り動く。
Word by Word
ईर्मान्यत्impulse/force (as something set in motion)
ईर्मान्यत्:
Karma (येमथुः—‘स्थापित/नियोजित’ का विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootईर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वेग/प्रेरणा/उत्साह’)
यत्which/that
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वपुषेfor (your) form/beauty
वपुषे:
Sampradāna (उद्देश्य/हित—‘for beauty/form’)
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वपुःform, beauty
वपुः:
Karma (चक्रं—‘wheel’ के साथ समन्वय; ‘form/beauty’ as object/attribute)
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
चक्रम्wheel
चक्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रथस्यof the chariot
रथस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
येमथुःthe two have set/controlled/fastened
येमथुः:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु; ‘यच्छति/नियच्छति/योजयति’)
परिaround, all about
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अन्याthe other (one)
अन्या:
Kartā (दीयथः—‘you two move/drive’ के साथ; ‘the other (one)’)
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
नाहुषाNahusha-born / of Nahusha (epithet)
नाहुषा:
Kartā (युगा—‘yokes’ के विशेषण/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाहुष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘नहुष-सम्बन्धी/नहुष-वंशीय’)
युगाyokes, pairs
युगा:
Karma (परि…दीयथः—‘you two drive/extend around the yokes’)
TypeNoun
Rootयुग (प्रातिपदिक)
मह्नाby (your) might
मह्ना:
Karaṇa (by/with might)
TypeNoun
Rootमघन्/महन् → मह्न् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘महत्त्व/महिमा/बल’)
रजांसिthe spaces/realms (regions of air/sky)
रजांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
दीयथःyou two drive/speed (through)
दीयथः:
— (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदी/दा (धातु; Vedic: ‘to move/drive/dispense’; here with sense ‘to speed/drive’)
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