Rig Veda 6.49.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 49, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.49

Devata: Aśvins (Nāsatyas)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स मे वपुश्छदयदश्विनोर्यो रथो विरुक्मान्मनसा युजानः । येन नरा नासत्येषयध्यै वर्तिर्याथस्तनयाय त्मने च ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.49.5

Transliteration

sá me vápūś chadayad aśvínor yó rátho virúkmān mánasā yujānáḥ | yéna narā nā́satyā iṣayádhyai vartír yā́thas tánayāya tmáne ca ||

Translation

May that radiant form cover and protect me—the chariot of the Aśvins, bright with gold, yoked by the mind. By it, O Nāsatyas, O lords of man, may you come to speed our aspiration, for the child (our future) and for the self within.

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Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (स-आदेशः) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• मे: for me / to me
• मे: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• वपुः: form, body, appearance
• वपुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)

• छदयत्: covered, concealed
• छदयत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद् (छादनॆ) धातु

• अश्विनोः: of the Aśvins
• अश्विनोः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun (proper) / Dual deity-name
• Root: अश्विन् (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: which / who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (य-आदेशः) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

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

• विरुक्मात्: from the gleaming/golden (one); from the radiant (chariot)
• विरुक्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वि-रुक्म (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रातिपदिक)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• युजानः: yoking, harnessing
• युजानः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: युज् (योजने) धातु

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• नरा: the two men (the Aśvins)
• नरा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• नासत्य: O Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
• नासत्य: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: नासत्य (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईषयध्यै: to set in motion / to speed
• ईषयध्यै: Prayojana
• Type: Verbal noun (infinitive)
• Root: ईष् (ईषणॆ/प्रेरणे) धातु

• वर्तिः: a course, track, path
• वर्तिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ति (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘मार्ग/वृत्ति’)

• याथः: you two have gone / you two go
• याथः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थे) धातु

• तनयाय: for the son / offspring
• तनयाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्मने: for oneself
• त्मने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्मन् (आत्मन्-सम्बद्ध प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक रूप)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)