Rig Veda 7.40.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 40, Mantra 5
Sukta 7.40
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Composite: Vishnu, Rudra, and the Aśvins (with Vishnu foregrounded in the offering-movement)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अस्य देवस्य मीळ्हुषो वया विष्णोरेषस्य प्रभृथे हविर्भिः । विदे हि रुद्रो रुद्रियं महित्वं यासिष्टं वर्तिरश्विनाविरावत् ॥
Transliteration
asyá devásya mīḷhúṣo vayā́ víṣṇor eṣásya prabhṛthé havírbhiḥ | vidé hí rudró rudriyáṃ mahitváṃ yāsiṣṭáṃ vártír aśvināv írāvat ||
Translation
供物（havis）をもって、われらはこの恵み深き神の生命の力を前へと捧げ持つ――前へ踏み出すヴィシュヌ（Viṣṇu）のために。ルドラ（Rudra）はまことに、ルドラ的（rudriya）な偉大さを知るゆえに。アシュヴィン双神（Aśvins）よ、最上の行路をもって来たれ、満ち足りて豊かに、正しき養いを伴いて。
Word by Word
अस्यof this
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मीळ्हुषःof the bountiful one
मीळ्हुषः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमीळ्हु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दाता/वर्षक’)
वयाःvital powers / strengths
वयाः:
कर्म (object of implied offering/praise)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
एषस्यof this (one)
एषस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘this one/this’)
प्रभृथेin the offering / at the distribution
प्रभृथे:
अधिकरण (locative: in/at)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-भृथि/प्रभृथ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘offering, distribution, bestowal’)
हविर्भिःwith oblations
हविर्भिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootहविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
विदेI know / I recognize
विदे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु; ‘to know, to find’)
हिindeed, for
हि:
सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-सम्बन्ध
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
रुद्रःRudra
रुद्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
रुद्रियम्Rudra’s / Rudrian
रुद्रियम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective
Rootरुद्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘belonging to Rudra, Rudra-like’)
महित्वम्greatness, majesty
महित्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमहित्व (प्रातिपदिक; from महत्)
यासिष्टम्may you two go / come
यासिष्टम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु; ‘to go’)
वर्तिःthe path, course
वर्तिः:
कर्तृ/विधेय (as ‘the path (is)…’)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘path, course, track’)
अश्विनौO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विनौ:
कर्तृ (addressed/subject)
TypeNoun (dual deity)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इरा-वत्rich in refreshment/prosperity
इरा-वत्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootइरा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, food, prosperity’) + वत् (तद्धित)
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