Rig Veda 1.116.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 116, Mantra 1
Sukta 1.116
Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional for RV 1.116)
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 1.116.1)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नासत्याभ्यां बर्हिरिव प्र वृञ्जे स्तोमाँ इयर्म्यभ्रियेव वातः । यावर्भगाय विमदाय जायां सेनाजुवा न्यूहतू रथेन ॥
Transliteration
nāsátyābhyāṃ barhír iva prá vṛñje stómāṃ iyarmy abhríyeva vā́taḥ | yā́v arbhágāya vimadā́ya jāyā́ṃ senājúvā nyūhatū́ ráthena ||
Translation
我为那萨提亚二神铺陈赞歌，如铺圣座；我使颂词奔行，如风驱云。你们二位曾以催军之车，把新娘带给阿尔婆伽与毗摩陀——请来吧，也以同样迅疾的救援，把那成婚的结合带入我们：灵魂与其喜悦的合一。
Word by Word
नासत्याभ्याम्to/for the Nāsatyas (the Aśvins)
नासत्याभ्याम्:
सम्प्रदान (स्तुत्यर्थं/उद्देश्य-देवता) अथवा अधिकरण (यस्य प्रति स्तोमः)
TypeNoun (proper dual) / Adjective used as noun
Rootनासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ) + भ्याम्
बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
कर्म (उपमान-रूपेण) / अधिकरण (यज्ञोपकरण-भावेन)
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootप्र
वृञ्जेI arrange/spread
वृञ्जे:
कर्तृ (अहं)
TypeVerb
Root√वृञ्ज् (वृञ्जति/वृञ्जते) ‘to arrange, spread, set in order’
स्तोमान्hymns, praises
स्तोमान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
इयर्मिI set in motion / I send forth
इयर्मि:
कर्तृ (अहं)
TypeVerb
Root√ईर्/√इर् (ईरयति/ईरते) ‘to set in motion, raise, send forth’
अभ्रियाwith/by a cloud (as with a cloud)
अभ्रिया:
करण (उपमान-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्रि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘cloud’
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वातःthe wind
वातः:
कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wind’
यौwho (the two)
यौ:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्वभागायto Arbhāga
अर्वभागाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootअर्वभाग (प्रातिपदिक; पुरुष-नाम) + ए
विमदायto Vimad(a)
विमदाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootविमद (प्रातिपदिक; पुरुष-नाम) + ए
जायाम्a wife
जायाम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootजाया (प्रातिपदिक)
सेनाजुवा(you two) impelling the host / swift with your troop
सेनाजुवा:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसेनाजुव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘army-driving/host-hastening’, epithet)
न्यूहतूyou two brought/led (hither)
न्यूहतू:
कर्तृ (यौ)
TypeVerb
Root√वह् ‘to carry, convey’ with preverb नि- (Vedic: ny-); form: नि + ऊह्/वह् → न्यूह्
रथेनwith a chariot
रथेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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