Rig Veda 4.14.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 14, Mantra 4

Sukta 4.14

Devata: Aśvins (Nāsatyā)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वां वहिष्ठा इह ते वहन्तु रथा अश्वास उषसो व्युष्टौ । इमे हि वां मधुपेयाय सोमा अस्मिन्यज्ञे वृषणा मादयेथाम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.14.4

Transliteration

ā vāṃ vahiṣṭhā́ ihá te vahantu ráthā áśvāsa uṣáso vyùṣṭau | imé hí vāṃ madhu-péyāya sómā asmín yajñé vṛṣaṇā mādayethām ||

Translation

ಉಷಸ್ಸಿನ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಉದಯದಲ್ಲಿ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಶಕ್ತಿಶಾಲಿ ರಥಗಳೂ ಅಶ್ವಗಳೂ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ತಂದುಕೊಡಲಿ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಈ ಸೋಮಪಾನಗಳು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಧುಪೇಯ (ಮಧುಪಾನ)ಕ್ಕಾಗಿ; ಈ ಯಜ್ಞದಲ್ಲಿ, ಹೇ ವೃಷಣೌ (ಬಲಿಷ್ಠ ಯುಗಲ), ಆನಂದಿಸಿ, ನಮ್ಮೊಳಗೆ ಬಲವನ್ನು ವೃದ್ಧಿಸಿರಿ.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• वाम्: you two (as object: you both)
• वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (युवाम्-प्रत्ययः)

• वहि॑ष्ठा: most conveying / best bearers (O you two)
• वहि॑ष्ठा: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वह (धातु) → वहि॑ष्ठ (superlative adj.)

• इ॒ह: here
• इ॒ह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• वहन्तु: let (them) carry / convey
• वहन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्

• रथाः: chariots
• रथाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व

• उषसः: of Dawn
• उषसः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस्

• व्युष्टौ: at the dawning / at daybreak
• व्युष्टौ: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्युष्टि (वि + उष्/वस्-सम्बद्धः) / vyuṣṭi

• इमे: these
• इमे: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• वाम्: for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (युवाम्-प्रत्ययः)

• मधुपेयाय: for honey-drinking / for sweet-drinking
• मधुपेयाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु-पेय (compound adj./n.)

• सोमाः: Soma-pressings / Soma draughts
• सोमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (अयम्-प्रत्ययः)

• यज्ञे: sacrifice, rite
• यज्ञे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ

• वृषणा: O you two bulls (mighty ones)
• वृषणा: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन् (adj./n.)

• मादयेथाम्: rejoice / become exhilarated (you two)
• मादयेथाम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (to be exhilarated) / मादय् (caus./denom. in Vedic usage)