Rig Veda 1.46.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 46, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.46
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Aśvins
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वच्यन्ते वां ककुहासो जूर्णायामधि विष्टपि । यद्वां रथो विभिष्पतात् ॥
Transliteration
vácyante vām kakuhā́so jūrṇā́yām ádhi viṣṭápi | yád vām rátho ví-bhiṣ patā́t ||
Translation
Von euch wird gesprochen, von euren hochkammigen Mächten, auf dem weiten Sitz des Himmels, wenn euer Wagen, von vielen Glanzstrahlen umflammt, hervorschießt. So steige eure schnelle Fahrt zu unserem Werk herab und mache den Pfad lichtvoll.
Word by Word
वच्यन्तेare proclaimed / are spoken
वच्यन्ते:
Kriyā (verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (वच् ‘to speak, utter’) → वच्य (passive stem)
वाम्to you two / of you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna (to you two) / Sambandha (of you two)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
ककुहासःlofty (praises/utterances)
ककुहासः:
Kartā (subject of वच्यन्ते)
TypeNoun
Rootककुहा- (prātipadika; ‘summit/peak; (poet.) lofty praises/lofty utterances’)
जूर्णायाम्on/at the worn (one) / in the old (state/place)
जूर्णायाम्:
Adhikaraṇa (location)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootजूर्णा- (prātipadika; ‘old, worn, decayed’; fem.)
अधिupon / over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa (locative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (preverb/preposition)
विष्टपिon the seat/platform (vishṭapi)
विष्टपि:
Adhikaraṇa (location)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्टपि- (prātipadika; ‘seat, platform; (also) heaven/firm place’)
यत्when / that which
यत्:
Sambandha (relative connector)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
Sambandha (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
रथःchariot
रथः:
Kartā (subject of विभिष्पतात्)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ- (prātipadika)
विभिष्पतात्rushes forth / darts forward
विभिष्पतात्:
Kriyā (verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootवि- + √भिष्/√भिष्प् (Vedic; ‘to rush, dart, move swiftly’; intensive/iterative-looking formation)
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