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Rig Veda 5.73.10: Mandala 5, Sukta 73, Mantra 10

Sukta 5.73

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm via metrical scansion)

इमा ब्रह्माणि वर्धनाश्विभ्यां सन्तु शंतमा । या तक्षाम रथाँ इवावोचाम बृहन्नमः ॥

imā́ bráhmāṇi várdhanā́śvibhyāṃ santu śáṃtamā | yā́ tákṣāma ráthāṃ ivávócāma bṛhán námaḥ ||

Que estes brahmanas (fórmulas sagradas), que promovem o crescimento, sejam para os Aśvins os mais pacíficos, os mais benfazejos. Como quem talha carros, assim moldámos a nossa palavra; proferimos uma homenagem vasta e que se expande.

इमाःthese
इमाः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्माणिhymns / sacred formulations
ब्रह्माणि:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
वर्धनाःstrengthening, increasing
वर्धनाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्धन (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ध्-धातोः नाम)
अश्विभ्याम्to the two Aśvins
अश्विभ्याम्:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सन्तुlet (them) be
सन्तु:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
शंतमाःmost beneficent / most auspicious
शंतमाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootशम् + तम (प्रातिपदिक; अतिशयार्थे तमप्)
याःwhich
याः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तक्षामwe have fashioned
तक्षाम:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतक्ष् (धातु)
रथान्chariots
रथान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
(उपमान-निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
आवोचामwe have uttered / proclaimed
आवोचाम:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
बृहन्नमःgreat homage
बृहन्नमः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) + नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

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