Rig Veda 5.75.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 75, Mantra 4
Sukta 5.75
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुष्टुभो वां वृषण्वसू रथे वाणीच्याहिता । उत वां ककुहो मृगः पृक्षः कृणोति वापुषो माध्वी मम श्रुतं हवम् ॥
Transliteration
suṣṭúbho vāṃ vṛṣaṇvasū ráthe vāṇī́cy ā́hitā | utá vāṃ kakúho mṛgáḥ pṛ́kṣaḥ kṛṇoti vā́puṣo mā́dhvī mama śrutáṃ hávam ||
Translation
Your well-shaped praises are set upon your chariot, O lords of force and plenitude. And the high-crested swift one makes for you a shining form—hear my honeyed call.
Word by Word
सु-ष्टुभःwell-praising, good praisers
सु-ष्टुभः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-पदस्य) / Kartā (as qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Root√स्तुभ् (स्तुभ् ‘स्तुतौ’) / स्तुभ्- (प्रातिपदिक) with उपसर्ग सु-
वाम्of you two / your
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध / Adhikaraṇa (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (द्वितीया/षष्ठी द्विवचन-रूप)
वृषण्वसूO you two ‘bull-like/virile’ Vasus (i.e., the Aśvins)
वृषण्वसू:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृषण्वसु- (प्रातिपदिक; वृषण् + वसु)
रथेon/in the chariot
रथे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootरथ-
वाणीspeech, voice
वाणी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवाणी-
इच्यindeed/and (particle)
इच्य:
सम्बन्ध (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइच्य (निपात/अव्यय; Vedic particle, often intensifying/connecting)
आ-हिताplaced, set upon (there)
आ-हिता:
विशेषण (वाणी-)
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Root√धा (धाञ् ‘धारणे’) → हित (PPP) with उपसर्ग आ-; प्रातिपदिक: आहित-
उतand also
उत:
सम्बन्ध (conj.)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
ककुहःthe hump-backed one / a humped (animal)
ककुहः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootककुह-
मृगःwild animal, deer
मृगः:
कर्तृ (apposition to ककुहः)
TypeNoun
Rootमृग-
पृक्षःsprinkling/refreshing one (name/epithet)
पृक्षः:
कर्तृ (apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootपृक्ष-
कृणोतिmakes, does
कृणोति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (डुकृञ् ‘करणे’)
वापुषःbeautiful forms, beauties
वापुषः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवापुष्-
माध्वीःhoney-sweet, mead-like
माध्वीः:
विशेषण (वापुषः) / Karma-qualifier
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootमाध्वी-
ममmy
मम:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
श्रुतम्heard, hearkened-to
श्रुतम्:
विशेषण (हवम्)
TypeAdjective (PPP)
Root√श्रु (श्रु ‘श्रवणे’) → श्रुत (PPP) / श्रुत-
हवम्invocation, call
हवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootहव- (from √हू ‘आह्वाने’)
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.