Rig Veda 1.167.2 — Mandala 1, Sukta 167, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.167
Rishi: Agastya (traditional)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नोऽवोभिर्मरुतो यान्त्वच्छा ज्येष्ठेभिर्वा बृहद्दिवैः सुमायाः । अध यदेषां नियुतः परमाः समुद्रस्य चिद्धनयन्त पारे ॥
Transliteration
ā́ no ’vóbhir marúto yā́ntv ácchā jyeṣṭhébhir vā bṛháddivaiḥ sumāyā́ḥ | ádha yád eṣāṃ niyútaḥ paramā́ḥ samudrásya cid dhánayanta pāré ||
Translation
أقبلوا إلينا، يا ماروت، بمعوناتكم—سواءً مع الأقدمين، ذوي الإشراق العظيم في السماء الفسيحة، أهلِ الحُسنِ في الصنعة. إذ حين تفوزُ طاقاتهم المقرونةُ العليا (niyut) حتى عند الشاطئ الأبعد من المحيط، تُبرهَنُ قدرتُهم؛ فلتصلْ إلى هنا لرحلتنا.
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun stem)
अवोभिःwith helps; with aids
अवोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (n.) ‘help, aid’
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (m.)
यान्तुlet (them) come
यान्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) ‘to go’
अच्छाtowards; straight to
अच्छा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअच्छा (avyaya)
ज्येष्ठेभिःwith the greatest/eldest (ones)
ज्येष्ठेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootज्येष्ठ (adj.) ‘eldest, greatest’
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (particle)
बृहत्-दिवैःwith the lofty heavens
बृहत्-दिवैः:
Karaṇa
TypeCompound (Adj+Noun)
Rootबृहत् (adj.) + दिव्/द्यौ (f.) ‘sky, heaven’
सु-मायाःof good/wondrous powers
सु-मायाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootसु (prefix) + माया (f.) ‘power, art, wondrous skill’
अधthen; moreover
अध:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअध (particle)
यत्when; that which
यत्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
एषाम्of these; of them
एषाम्:
—
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (pronoun)
नियुतःthe teams/harnessings
नियुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनियुत् (f.) ‘yoking, team; (esp.) a team/harness’
परमाःfarthest; highest
परमाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम (adj.) ‘farthest, highest’
समुद्रस्यof the ocean
समुद्रस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (m.) ‘ocean; sea’
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (particle)
धनयन्तthey won wealth; they made (one) rich
धनयन्त:
—
TypeVerb
Rootधनय् (denom. from धन ‘wealth’) ‘to make rich; to win wealth’
पारेon the far shore; at the farther side
पारे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपार (n./m.) ‘far side, shore’
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