Rig Veda 4.23.5 - Mandala 4, Sukta 23, Mantra 5

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Rig Veda 4.23.5: Mandala 4, Sukta 23, Mantra 5

Sukta 4.23

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.23)

Devata: Uṣas / luminous divine power responding at Dawn (with an implicit deva as the accepter of sakhya)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.23; verse-level verification needed)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

कथा कदस्या उषसो व्युष्टौ देवो मर्तस्य सख्यं जुजोष । कथा कदस्य सख्यं सखिभ्यो ये अस्मिन्कामं सुयुजं ततस्रे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.23.5

Transliteration

kathā kad asyā́ḥ uṣáso ví-uṣṭau devó mártasya sakhyáṃ jujoṣa | kathā kad asyá sakhyáṃ sakhíbhyo yé asmín kā́maṃ su-yújaṃ tatasré ||

Translation

Como e por que viragem secreta, no desabrochar desta Uṣas ao alvorecer, o deus aceita a amizade do mortal? Como e por que meio torna real essa amizade entre os amigos, aqueles que aqui estenderam o desejo, bem jungido (ao desígnio divino)?

Word by Word

कथाhow?

कदस्यof which (one)?

उषसःof Dawn

व्यूष्टौat the dawning / at daybreak

देवःthe god

मर्तस्यof the mortal

सख्यम्friendship

जुजोषhas enjoyed / has accepted

कथाhow?

कदस्यof which (one)?

सख्यम्friendship

सखिभ्यःto/for (or: from) the friends

येwho

अस्मिन्in this

कामम्desire / wish

सुयुजम्well-yoked / well-joined

ततस्रेhave crossed / have passed over

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