Rig Veda 4.56.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 56, Mantra 5

Sukta 4.56

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 4; hymn-level assignment)

Devata: Dyāvā (dual heavenly powers); in the local sequence likely connected with Mitra–Varuṇa/Ādityas as upholders of ṛta (paired sovereignty)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.56; requires full hymn scan for certainty)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वां महि द्यवी अभ्युपस्तुतिं भरामहे । शुची उप प्रशस्तये ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.56.5

Transliteration

prá vām mahí dyávī abhyúpastutiṃ bharāmahe | śúcī úpa práśastaye ||

Translation

ພວກເຮົານໍາເອົາຄໍາສັງເກດອັນສູງສົ່ງຂອງການເຂົ້າໃກ້ມາສູ່ພວກທ່ານສອງອົງ, ບັນດາຜູ້ສະຫວ່າງສາດອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ຂອງຟ້າ, ເພື່ອພະລັງອັນບໍລິສຸທິ, ພວກເຮົາເຂົ້າໃກ້ດ້ວຍຄໍາສັນລະເສົາທີ່ສະຫວ່າງໄສເຊິ່ງເປີດທາງ.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (intended recipients) / संबन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronominal stem)

• महि: greatly, mightily
• महि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महि (indeclinable; from मह्/मह (great))

• द्यवी: in heaven / in the sky
• द्यवी: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्याव् (prātipadika: dyāv- ‘sky’)

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (upasarga)

• उपस्तुतिम्: praise, hymn of invocation
• उपस्तुतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप-स्तुति (prātipadika; from √स्तु ‘praise’ with upa-)

• भरामहे: we bring / we offer
• भरामहे: Kriyā (with implicit Kartā ‘we’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरति) ‘to bear, bring’

• शुची: pure, bright
• शुची: Karma (qualifier of the object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (prātipadika ‘bright, pure’)

• उप: up to, near; in addition (as preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (upasarga)

• प्रशस्तये: for praise, for laudation
• प्रशस्तये: Sampradāna (purpose/beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-शस्ति (prātipadika; from √शंस/√शस् ‘to praise, proclaim’ with pra-)