Rig Veda 4.56.4: Mandala 4, Sukta 56, Mantra 4

Sukta 4.56

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional)

Devata: Dyāvāpṛthivī

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नू रोदसी बृहद्भिर्नो वरूथैः पत्नीवद्भिरिषयन्ती सजोषाः । उरूची विश्वे यजते नि पातं धिया स्याम रथ्यः सदासाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.56.4

Transliteration

nū rodasī bṛhád-bhir no varū́thaiḥ patnī́vadbhir iṣáyantī sajóṣāḥ | urūcī́ víśve yájaté ní pātāṃ dhiyā́ syāma rathyáḥ sadā́sāḥ ||

Translation

Kini semoga Langit-dan-Bumi melindungi kami dengan lindungan mereka yang luas, dengan kuasa bak pasangan suami-isteri yang bergerak seia sekata. Yang bercahaya luas, layak disembah oleh semua, semoga mereka memelihara kami; dan dengan dhī (ilham) semoga kami menjadi layak menempuh perjalanan, sahabat setia di jalan.

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Word by Word

• नु: now; indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• रोदसी: the two worlds (Heaven and Earth)
• रोदसी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual) / Deity-name
• Root: रोदसी (प्रातिपदिक) < रुद्/रुद्? (वैदिक द्वन्द्व-धारणा: द्यावापृथिव्यौ)

• बृहद्भिः: with great (mighty)
• बृहद्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वरूथैः: with protections; shelters
• वरूथैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरूथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• पत्नीवत्भिः: as with spouses; paired (as a couple)
• पत्नीवत्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्नीवत् (प्रातिपदिक: पत्नी + वत्)

• इषयन्ती: impelling; urging on
• इषयन्ती: Kartā (agreeing with रोदसी) / accompanying action
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: इष् (धातु) / इषयति (णिच्)

• सजोषाः: in harmony; of one accord
• सजोषाः: Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (qualifying the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोषस् (प्रातिपदिक: स- + जोषस्)

• उरूची: wide-shining; far-radiant
• उरूची: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उरूची (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वे: all (of you); all (gods)
• विश्वे: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यजते: worship; sacrifice
• यजते: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• नि: down; in; firmly
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि

• पातम्: protect (you all)!
• पातम्: Karma (object implied: us) / protective action
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) ‘to protect’

• धिया: with thought; by prayer/insight
• धिया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्याम: may we be
• स्याम: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• रथ्याः: fit for the chariot; chariot-worthy
• रथ्याः: Viśeṣaṇa (of the speaker-group)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदासाः: companions/attendants; those who sit (at the rite)
• सदासाः: Kartā (predicate-noun with स्याम) / Viśeṣya
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सदास् (प्रातिपदिक)