Rig Veda 1.46.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 46, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.46

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Aśvins

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या नः पीपरदश्विना ज्योतिष्मती तमस्तिरः । तामस्मे रासाथामिषम् ॥

Transliteration

yā́ naḥ pī́parad aśvinā jyótiṣmatī támas tiraḥ | tā́m asmē rāsā́thām íṣam ||

Translation

สิ่งนั้นที่นำพวกเราให้ก้าวหน้าไป โอ อัศวินทั้งสอง—สว่างไสว ข้ามพ้นความมืด—ขอจงประทานพลังหล่อเลี้ยงนั้น (อิษะ, iṣa) แก่พวกเราที่นี่ เพื่อให้ความเป็นอยู่ของเราพ้นจากความคลุมเครือเข้าสู่แสงใสแห่งการเห็นอันถูกต้อง

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Word by Word

• या: which (fem.), who/that
• या: कर्तृ (यः/या—विषयः) / सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• नः: of us, our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessor) / षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• पीपरत्: may (she/it) fill, may (she/it) make abound
• पीपरत्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पॄ (धातु; causative stem पिपर-/पीपर-)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (dual)
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन (addressed)
• Type: Noun (proper) / Vocative
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)

• ज्योतिष्मती: luminous, possessing light
• ज्योतिष्मती: कर्तृ-विशेषणम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्योतिष्मत् (adj. stem) < ज्योतिस्

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: कर्म (that which is crossed/removed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (prātipadika)

• तिरः: across, beyond, away
• तिरः: क्रियाविशेषणम्
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिरस् (avyaya/adverbial form)

• ताम्: that (fem.), her/it
• ताम्: कर्म (object of ‘रासाथाम्’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अस्मे: to us
• अस्मे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• रासाथाम्: grant (you two), give
• रासाथाम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: रा (धातु ‘to give, grant’)

• इषम्: refreshment, nourishment, strength
• इषम्: कर्म (what is granted) / अपादेय-वस्तु
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (prātipadika; ‘refreshment, nourishment’)