Rig Veda 5.74.9: Mandala 5, Sukta 74, Mantra 9

Sukta 5.74

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) (traditional attribution for many Aśvin hymns in Maṇḍala 5; exact verse-level attribution may follow the sūkta’s r̥ṣi)

Devata: Aśvinau (the twin divine healers/saviours; Nāsatyā)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verse length and cadence align with triṣṭubh usage in adjacent Aśvin material, but requires pada-count verification from a critical text)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शमू षु वां मधूयुवास्माकमस्तु चर्कृतिः । अर्वाचीना विचेतसा विभिः श्येनेव दीयतम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.74.9

Transliteration

śamū́ ṣú vāṃ madhūyuvāsmā́kam astu carkṛtíḥ | arvācīnā́ vicetasā víbhiḥ śyénā iva dīyatam ||

Translation

Wahai Aśvin, yang muda dengan kenikmatan madu, semoga pertolongan kamu yang giat menjadi bagi kami kedamaian dan keutuhan. Berpalinglah kepada kami dengan daya-beda yang luas; datanglah segera dengan kekuatan-kekuatan kamu, laksana junaman pasti seekor helang.

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Word by Word

• शम्: well; auspiciously; for welfare
• शम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक; PIE *ḱem- ‘calm/peace’)

• ऊँ: indeed; O!
• ऊँ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊँ (निपात)

• सु: well; very
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: Karma (with implied verb ‘be/come’ etc.)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मधूयुवा: O you two honey-sweet/pleasant young ones
• मधूयुवा: Sambodhana (addressing the two deities) / Kartā (if taken as subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + युवन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive of possession)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: — (copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• चर्कृतिः: active doing; effective action; (our) well-wrought deed
• चर्कृतिः: Kartā/Predicate-noun (what is to be ‘be’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → चर्कृति- (कृदन्त/नाम; intensive/reduplicated formation)

• अर्वाचीनाः: turned hither; coming this way
• अर्वाचीनाः: Kartā (as subject of ‘दीयतम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाचीन (प्रातिपदिक) < अवर्/अर्वाच् ‘towards here’

• विचेतसाः: discerning; wise
• विचेतसाः: Kartā (coordinated subject) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि- + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘discerning’

• विभिः: with the birds (i.e., as with winged ones)
• विभिः: Karaṇa (instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bird’, esp. a flying creature) / or ‘विभि’ as instr. pl. of ‘वि’ in RV usage

• श्येनेव: like (with the speed of) a falcon
• श्येनेव: Karaṇa/Upamāna (comparative instrument)
• Type: Noun + Indeclinable
• Root: श्येन (प्रातिपदिक) + इव (निपात)

• दीयतम्: be bestowed; be granted; be given
• दीयतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) ‘to give’ (passive/impersonal injunctive/imperative usage in RV)