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Rig Veda 1.37.11: Mandala 1, Sukta 37, Mantra 11

Sukta 1.37

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Marutaḥ
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify in critical edition)

त्यं चिद्घा दीर्घं पृथुं मिहो नपातममृध्रम् । प्र च्यावयन्ति यामभिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.37.11

tyáṃ cid ghā dī́rghaṃ pṛthúṃ mího napātám amṛ́dhram | prá cyāvayanti yā́mabhiḥ ||

Selbst jenes lange, weite Kind des Nebels — unversehrt, unvermindert — setzen sie in Bewegung und treiben es voran mit ihren Gängen: die Marut-Mächte verschieben und lassen das weite Feld der Finsternis weichen.

त्यम्that (him/that one)
त्यम्:
कर्म (प्रच्यावयन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → त्य (एतद्/तद्-प्रयोगः)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात/अव्यय)
indeed, surely (emphatic particle)
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (वैदिक-निपात)
दीर्घम्long
दीर्घम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथुम्broad, wide
पृथुम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootपृथु (प्रातिपदिक)
मिहःof the mist/rain-cloud
मिहः:
सम्बन्ध (नपातम् इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमिह् (प्रातिपदिक/नाम; ‘mist, rain-cloud, shower’)
नपातम्offspring/son (scion)
नपातम्:
कर्म (प्रच्यावयन्ति इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootनपात् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘offspring/son’)
अमृध्रम्unharming, uninjurable, unerring
अमृध्रम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअमृध्र (प्रातिपदिक; a- + मृध्र ‘harmful/hostile’)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
च्यावयन्तिthey cause to move/shake, they dislodge
च्यावयन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootच्यव् (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → च्यावय-
यामभिःwith courses/advances (with their onsets/ways)
यामभिः:
करण (यैः साधनैः/मार्गैः)
TypeNoun
Rootयाम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘course, going, onset/attack, march’)

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