Rig Veda 5.74.10 — Mandala 5, Sukta 74, Mantra 10
Sukta 5.74
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya) (sūkta-level traditional attribution)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs critical metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अश्विना यद्ध कर्हि चिच्छुश्रूयातमिमं हवम् । वस्वीरू षु वां भुजः पृञ्चन्ति सु वां पृचः ॥
Transliteration
aśvinā yád dha kárhi cic chuśrūyā́tam imáṃ hávam | vasvī́r ū́ ṣu vāṃ bhújaḥ pṛñcánti sú vāṃ pṛ́caḥ ||
Translation
ಹೇ ಅಶ್ವಿನೌ, ಯಾವಾಗಲಾದರೂ ನೀವು ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಈ ಹವ (ಆಹ್ವಾನ)ವನ್ನು ಕೇಳುವಿರೋ, ಆಗ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸಮೃದ್ಧ ಭೋಗಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಪೂರಣ ಮಾಡುವ ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳು ಅಪಾರವಾಗಿ ಹರಿದುಬರುತ್ತವೆ; ನಿಮ್ಮ ಆಧಾರಬಲಗಳು ನಮ್ಮೊಡನೆ ಬೆರೆತು ನಮ್ಮ ವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಕಾರಣವಾಗುತ್ತವೆ.
Word by Word
अश्विनाO Aśvins (the two horsemen)
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (dual vocative, divine name)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) / अश्व (PIE *h₁éḱwos ‘horse’)
यत्whatever / which
यत्:
कर्म (of ‘hear’: ‘whatever/which’)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हindeed / surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootह (निपात)
कर्हिat any time / ever
कर्हि:
अधिकरण (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable (temporal adverb)
Rootकर्हि (अव्यय)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (enclitic particle)
Rootचित् (निपात)
शुश्रूयातम्may you two hear
शुश्रूयातम्:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (श्रवणे) + desiderative/precative formation
इमम्this
इमम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवम्invocation / call
हवम्:
कर्म (object of ‘hear’)
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘call, invocation’)
वस्वीःthe bountiful (feminine ones)
वस्वीः:
कर्तृ (of ‘sprinkle/fill’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवस्वी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘rich, bountiful’)
ऊindeed / now
ऊ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootऊ (निपात)
षुindeed
षु:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootषु (निपात)
वाम्of you two / your
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
भुजः(your) two arms
भुजः:
कर्म/अधिकरण (that which is ‘sprinkled/filled’; object-like with ‘पृञ्चन्ति’)
TypeNoun
Rootभुज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘arm, forearm’; also ‘enjoyer’ but here ‘arms’)
पृञ्चन्तिthey sprinkle / they fill
पृञ्चन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√पृच्/√पृञ्च् (सिञ्चने/पूरणे ‘to sprinkle, fill, anoint’)
सुwell / thoroughly
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय; intensifier ‘well, thoroughly’)
वाम्of you two / your
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पृचःsprinklings / libations (mixtures)
पृचः:
कर्तृ (of ‘sprinkle/fill’) or instrument-like ‘sprinklings’ depending on construal; here taken as subject with ellipsis of verb in pāda 2
TypeNoun
Rootपृच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mixture, sprinkling’; Vedic noun) / alternatively ‘पृच्’ as ‘sprinklings’
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