Rig Veda 5.41.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 41, Mantra 4

Sukta 5.41

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (multiple: Vāta, Agni, Pūṣan, Bhaga; with Trita as mythic helper)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical check)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र सक्षणो दिव्यः कण्वहोता त्रितो दिवः सजोषा वातो अग्निः । पूषा भगः प्रभृथे विश्वभोजा आजिं न जग्मुराश्वश्वतमाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.41.4

Transliteration

prá sakṣáṇo divyáḥ káṇva-hotā tritó diváḥ sajóṣā vā́to agníḥ | pūṣā́ bhágaḥ prabhṛthé viśvá-bhojā ā́jiṃ ná jagmur āśváśva-tamāḥ ||

Translation

Hãy tiến ra—vị tế quan Kaṇva thần diệu, bậc khéo thành tựu; và Trita của trời, đồng lòng cùng Vāta và Agni. Pūṣan và Bhaga, những đấng ban mọi hưởng thụ, đã đến đường đua (āji) như tuấn mã tối thượng trong cuộc tranh tài.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सक्षणः: able; accompanying; competent
• सक्षणः: Kartā (as epithet of the subject-group)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सक्षण (प्रातिपदिक; from √सह/सक्ष ‘to be able, to accompany’)

• दिव्यः: heavenly, divine
• दिव्यः: Kartā (epithet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक; from दिव् ‘heaven’)

• कण्वहोता: the Kanva-priest (Hotṛ of the Kanvas)
• कण्वहोता: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व-होतृ (compound: Kanva + hotṛ)

• त्रितः: Trita (a deity/hero)
• त्रितः: Kartā (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रित (proper name)

• दिवः: of heaven, of the sky
• दिवः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौः)

• सजोषाः: in concord; together, of one mind
• सजोषाः: Kartā (qualifier of the plural subject-group)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सजोष (प्रातिपदिक; sa- + joṣa ‘in accord, together’)

• वातः: Wind (Vāyu)
• वातः: Kartā (member of the subject-group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (from √वा ‘to blow’)

• अग्निः: Agni (Fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā (member of the subject-group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूषा: Pūṣan
• पूषा: Kartā (member of the subject-group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (stem: पूषन्-)

• भगः: Bhaga
• भगः: Kartā (member of the subject-group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रभृथे: in the offering/oblation (at the rite)
• प्रभृथे: Adhikaraṇa (locative: ‘in/at’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभृथ (प्रातिपदिक; ritual ‘bringing forth/oblation, offering’)

• विश्वभोजाः: all-bestowing; granting all goods
• विश्वभोजाः: Kartā (qualifier of the plural subject-group)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-भोज (compound: viśva ‘all’ + bhoja ‘bestowing/enjoying’)

• आजिम्: race, contest, battle
• आजिम्: Karma (goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजी (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• जग्मुः: they have gone; they went
• जग्मुः: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (to go)

• अश्वअश्वतमाः: most horse-like; having the best/fleetest horses (very swift)
• अश्वअश्वतमाः: Kartā (epithet of the goers)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व-अश्वतम (reduplicated compound; from अश्व ‘horse’ + superlative -तम)