Rig Veda 1.157.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 157, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.157

Devata: Aśvins

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अर्वाङ्त्रिचक्रो मधुवाहनो रथो जीराश्वो अश्विनोर्यातु सुष्टुतः । त्रिवन्धुरो मघवा विश्वसौभगः शं न आ वक्षद्द्विपदे चतुष्पदे ॥

Transliteration

arvā́ṅ tri-cákro madhu-vā́hano rátho jīrā́śvo aśvínoḥ yātu su-stutáḥ | tri-vándhuro maghávā viśvá-saúbhagaḥ śáṃ na ā́ vakṣad dvi-páde cátuṣ-pade ||

Translation

Hither let the three-wheeled, honey-bearing chariot of the Aśvins come, with swift horses, well-praised. Three-seated, rich in gifts and universal good-fortune, may it bring peace to us—in the two-footed and in the four-footed (in all our embodied life).

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Word by Word

• अर्वाङ्: towards us, hither
• अर्वाङ्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक) < अव्/ऋ (गमन/आगमन-भाव) + वाञ्च् (दिशा)

• त्रिचक्रः: three-wheeled
• त्रिचक्रः: Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुवाहनः: honey-bearing, sweetness-bringing
• मधुवाहनः: Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + वाहन (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā (of यातु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जीराश्वः: with swift horses
• जीराश्वः: Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीर + अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विनोः: of the Aśvins
• अश्विनोः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor: of the chariot)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यातु: let (it) come/go
• यातु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु: गत्यर्थ)

• सुष्टुतः: well-praised
• सुष्टुतः: Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + स्तु (धातु: स्तुतौ) → सुष्टुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रिवन्धुरः: having three seats/benches
• त्रिवन्धुरः: Viśeṣaṇa (of रथः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + वन्धुर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मघवा: the bountiful one (Indra)
• मघवा: Kartā (of वक्षत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• विश्वसौभगः: of all good fortune, universally auspicious
• विश्वसौभगः: Viśeṣaṇa (of मघवा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व + सौभग (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well-being, welfare
• शम्: Karma (फल/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (to us) / Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• वक्षत्: let (him) bring/convey
• वक्षत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु: वहने) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आ-वह्

• द्विपदे: for the two-footed (humans)
• द्विपदे: Adhikaraṇa (in respect of/for the two-footed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि + पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• चतुष्पदे: for the four-footed (cattle)
• चतुष्पदे: Adhikaraṇa (in respect of/for the four-footed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् + पद (प्रातिपदिक)