Rig Veda 4.44.7: Mandala 4, Sukta 44, Mantra 7

Sukta 4.44

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इहेह यद्वां समना पपृक्षे सेयमस्मे सुमतिर्वाजरत्ना । उरुष्यतं जरितारं युवं ह श्रितः कामो नासत्या युवद्रिक् ॥

Transliteration

ihéhá yád vāṁ samanā́ papṛkṣé séyam asmḗ su-matír vā́ja-ratnā | uruṣyátam jaritā́raṁ yuváṁ ha śritáḥ kā́mo nāsatyā yuvadrík ||

Translation

Here and here, wherever you are met together, may this good thought—rich in vāja and treasure—be ours. Protect the singer; for in you, O Nāsatyas, desire has taken refuge, looking toward you.

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Word by Word

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• समाना: common, shared
• समाना: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाना (प्रातिपदिक; सम + अना/अन)

• पपृक्षे: I have joined / have been united
• पपृक्षे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: पृच् (धातु) ‘to mix, join’

• सा: that (she/it)
• सा: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्मे: for us
• अस्मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सुमतिः: good thought; favor
• सुमतिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- + मति (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजरत्ना: bringing prize and treasure
• वाजरत्ना: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वाज- + रत्न (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्राय)

• उरुष्यतम्: protect (you two)!
• उरुष्यतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उरुष्य (denom. from उरु ‘wide, protecting’) / √उरुṣ् (Vedic) ‘to protect’

• जरितारम्: the singer, praiser
• जरितारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरितृ (प्रातिपदिक from √गॄ/√जर् ‘to sing/praise’)

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• श्रितः: resorted to, dependent on
• श्रितः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: √श्रि (धातु) ‘to lean on, resort’

• कामः: desire, wish
• कामः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)

• नासत्या: O Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
• नासत्या: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; dual deity-name)

• युवद्रिक्: having your appearance; looking toward you
• युवद्रिक्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युवदृक् (समास-प्रातिपदिक: युव- + दृक् ‘sight/appearance’)