Rig Veda 5.78.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 78, Mantra 4
Sukta 5.78
Rishi: Atri (self-referential mythic remembrance within the hymn)
Devata: Ashvins
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; longer narrative line; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अत्रिर्यद्वामवरोहन्नृबीसमजोहवीन्नाधमानेव योषा । श्येनस्य चिज्जवसा नूतनेनागच्छतमश्विना शंतमेन ॥
Transliteration
atrír yád vām avaróhān ṛbī́sám ájohavīn nā́dhamānā iva yóṣā | śyénasya cid jávasā nū́tanenā́gacchatam aśvinā śáṃtamena ||
Translation
When Atri, fallen down into distress, called to you—like a woman in labour crying out—then even with a speed newer than the falcon’s, come, O Ashvins, with your most peace-giving power.
Word by Word
अत्रिःAtri (the seer)
अत्रिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of you two / you two
वाम्:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (contextual)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अवरोहन्descended
अवरोहन्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअव-√रुह् (धातु)
नृबीसम्man-help / human aid
नृबीसम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootनृ-बीस (समास-प्रातिपदिक; नृ ‘man’ + बीस ‘aid/strength’)
अजोहवीत्kept calling / invoked repeatedly
अजोहवीत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (ह्वयति) with intensive/iterative + augment a-; reduplicated stem (जोहव-)
नाधमानेवlike one in distress
नाधमानेव:
कर्तृ (उपमान-विशेषण) / —
TypeParticiple + Indeclinable
Rootनाधमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √नाध्/नन्ध् ‘to cry/roar, be in distress’) + इव
योषाa woman
योषा:
कर्तृ (उपमान) / विशेषणभाव
TypeNoun
Rootयोषा (प्रातिपदिक)
श्येनस्यof the falcon
श्येनस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात/अव्यय)
जवसाwith speed / by swiftness
जवसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootजव (प्रातिपदिक)
नूतनेनnew, fresh
नूतनेन:
करण (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनूतन (प्रातिपदिक)
आगच्छतम्come (you two)!
आगच्छतम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√गम् (गच्छति)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
शंतमेनwith the most beneficent (aid) / most auspiciously
शंतमेन:
करण (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशंतम (प्रातिपदिक; शम् + तमप् ‘most auspicious’)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.