Rig Veda 5.41.8 — Mandala 5, Sukta 41, Mantra 8

Sukta 5.41

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Vāstoṣpati, Tvaṣṭṛ, Dhiṣaṇā, Vanaspati, Oṣadhis (multi-deity support powers for increase and healing)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि वो अर्चे पोष्यावतो नॄन्वास्तोष्पतिं त्वष्टारं रराणः । धन्या सजोषा धिषणा नमोभिर्वनस्पतीँरोषधी राय एषे ॥

Transliteration

abhí vo arce poṣyā́vato nṝ́n vā́stoṣpátiṃ tváṣṭāraṃ rárāṇaḥ | dhányā sajóṣā dhiṣáṇā námobhir vánaspatīṃr óṣadhī rāyá eṣé ||

Translation

I chant toward you the nourishing powers among men—Vāstoṣpati and Tvaṣṭṛ—rejoicing in the shaping. Auspicious and in one accord, Dhiṣaṇā with acts of homage, and the lords of the forest, the healing plants: for the sake of plenitude (rayi) I seek them.

Word by Word

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वः: to you / for you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अर्चे: I praise
• अर्चे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च्

• पोष्यावतः: nourishing, fostering
• पोष्यावतः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पोष्य-वत् (पोष्य < पोष्) / वत्-प्रत्यय

• नॄन्: men, heroes
• नॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ

• वास्तोष्पतिम्: Vāstoṣpati (Lord of the dwelling)
• वास्तोष्पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (deity-epithet)
• Root: वास्तोष्पति (वास्तु/वास्तोष् + पति)

• त्वष्टारम्: Tvaṣṭar (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: त्वष्टृ

• रराणः: rejoicing, delighting
• रराणः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: रराण (√रम् ‘to delight’ का परिपूर्ण/वेदिक रूप; PPP/कृदन्त)

• धन्याः: bountiful, auspicious
• धन्याः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन्य

• सजोषाः: in concord, united
• सजोषाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-जोṣ (सह + जोष ‘संगत/अनुकूलता’)

• धिषणा: Dhīṣaṇā (inspiration/holy thought; also a goddess)
• धिषणा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity/abstraction)
• Root: धिषणा

• नमोभिः: with obeisances
• नमोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्

• वनस्पतीन्: lords of the forest, trees
• वनस्पतीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति

• ओषधीः: herbs, healing plants
• ओषधीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि

• रायः: of wealth, of riches
• रायः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रयि

• एषे: seeks, strives (for)
• एषे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/एष् (वेदिक: √इष् ‘to seek/impel’)