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 ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.74.10

Transliteration

aśvinā yád dha kárhi cic chuśrūyā́tam imáṃ hávam | vasvī́r ū́ ṣu vāṃ bhújaḥ pṛñcánti sú vāṃ pṛ́caḥ ||

Translation

Wahai Aśvin, apabila pada bila-bila masa kalian benar-benar mendengar seruan kami ini, maka kenikmatan kalian yang melimpah dan kuasa kalian yang menyempurnakan tercurah dengan banyaknya; sokongan kalian berbaur dengan kami demi pertambahan kami.

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Word by Word

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (the two horsemen)
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
• Type: Noun (dual vocative, divine name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) / अश्व (PIE *h₁éḱwos ‘horse’)

• यत्: whatever / which
• यत्: कर्म (of ‘hear’: ‘whatever/which’)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed / surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: ह (निपात)

• कर्हि: at any time / ever
• कर्हि: अधिकरण (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable (temporal adverb)
• Root: कर्हि (अव्यय)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (enclitic particle)
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• शुश्रूयातम्: may you two hear
• शुश्रूयातम्: क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (श्रवणे) + desiderative/precative formation

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• हवम्: invocation / call
• हवम्: कर्म (object of ‘hear’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘call, invocation’)

• वस्वीः: the bountiful (feminine ones)
• वस्वीः: कर्तृ (of ‘sprinkle/fill’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वस्वी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘rich, bountiful’)

• ऊ: indeed / now
• ऊ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: ऊ (निपात)

• षु: indeed
• षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: षु (निपात)

• वाम्: of you two / your
• वाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• भुजः: (your) two arms
• भुजः: कर्म/अधिकरण (that which is ‘sprinkled/filled’; object-like with ‘पृञ्चन्ति’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘arm, forearm’; also ‘enjoyer’ but here ‘arms’)

• पृञ्चन्ति: they sprinkle / they fill
• पृञ्चन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पृच्/√पृञ्च् (सिञ्चने/पूरणे ‘to sprinkle, fill, anoint’)

• सु: well / thoroughly
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय; intensifier ‘well, thoroughly’)

• वाम्: of you two / your
• वाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पृचः: sprinklings / 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
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृच् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mixture, sprinkling’; Vedic noun) / alternatively ‘पृच्’ as ‘sprinklings’