Rig Veda 5.77.3: Mandala 5, Sukta 77, Mantra 3

Sukta 5.77

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) tradition (probable)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हिरण्यत्वङ्मधुवर्णो घृतस्नुः पृक्षो वहन्ना रथो वर्तते वाम् । मनोजवा अश्विना वातरंहा येनातियाथो दुरितानि विश्वा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.77.3

Transliteration

híraṇya-tváṅ mádhu-varṇo ghṛtá-snuḥ pṛ́kṣo váhann ā́ rathó vartate vām | máno-javā aśvinā vā́ta-raṃhā yéna ati-yā́tho duritā́ni víśvā ||

Translation

Your chariot turns hither, bearing the dappled steeds—golden-bodied, honey-hued, dripping with clarified delight. Mind-swift, wind-rushing Ashvins, by it you pass beyond all our distresses.

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Word by Word

• हिरण्यत्वक्: golden-skinned / having a golden covering
• हिरण्यत्वक्: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य- + त्वच् (प्रातिपदिक) → हिरण्यत्वच्

• मधुवर्णः: honey-colored, sweet-hued
• मधुवर्णः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु- + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) → मधुवर्ण

• घृतस्नुः: dripping with ghee
• घृतस्नुः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत- + स्नू (प्रातिपदिक/विशेषण) → घृतस्नु

• पृक्षः: sprinkling/refreshing; vigorous
• पृक्षः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sprinkling/refreshing, strong’—रथविशेषणम्)

• वहन्: bearing, carrying
• वहन्: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: वह् (धातु) → वहन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वर्तते: moves, rolls on, proceeds
• वर्तते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु; आत्मनेपद) → वर्तते

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (लाभार्थे) / सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → वाम्

• मनोजवाः: swift as thought
• मनोजवाः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् + जव (प्रातिपदिक) → मनोजव

• अश्विना: the Aśvins (the two horsemen gods)
• अश्विना: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवताविशेषः) → अश्विनौ

• वातरंहा: swift as the wind
• वातरंहा: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात + रंह (प्रातिपदिक) → वातरंह

• येन: by which (means)
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम) → येन

• अतियाथः: you two pass beyond, cross over
• अतियाथः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति- + या (धातु) → अतियाथः

• दुरितानि: misfortunes, sins, troubles
• दुरितानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरित (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वा: all, every
• विश्वा: Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)