Rig Veda 1.39.9: Mandala 1, Sukta 39, Mantra 9
Sukta 1.39
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
असामि हि प्रयज्यवः कण्वं दद प्रचेतसः । असामिभिर्मरुत आ न ऊतिभिर्गन्ता वृष्टिं न विद्युतः ॥
Transliteration
asā́mi hí prayajyaváḥ káṇvaṃ dadá pracétasaḥ | asā́mibhir maruta ā́ na ūtíbhiḥ gántā vṛ́ṣṭiṃ ná vidyútaḥ ||
Translation
For you are unwearied, O eager worshippers, O clear-minded ones—you have given to Kaṇva. With your unwearied helps, O Maruts, come to us like rain, like the lightning’s release.
Word by Word
असामिI am
असामि:
Kartā (अहं)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) / अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्मि
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
प्रयज्यवः(you) eager/ready to worship, worshipful
प्रयज्यवः:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/वर्णन: ‘who are forward in worship’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्र-यज्य (प्रातिपदिक; यज्-धातु से) + वस्/वन् (बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-प्रत्यय) → प्रयज्यवन्
कण्वम्Kanva (the seer)
कण्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकण्व (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)
ददgive!
दद:
Kriyā (आज्ञा); कर्म-प्रवर्तक
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) → दद्
प्रचेतसःthe wise, the discerning
प्रचेतसः:
Kartā (मरुतः—विशेषण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्र-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
असामिभिःwith us, by us
असामिभिः:
Karaṇa/सहकारक (सह: ‘with us/through us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्माभिः (वैदिक: असामिभिः)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
Kartā (आगमन-क्रिया के)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (देवता-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (to us) / सम्बन्ध (our) — सन्दर्भानुसार ‘to us’
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतिभिःwith helps, with protections
ऊतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
गन्ताwill come / come!
गन्ता:
Kriyā (आगमन)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) → गन्तृ (कृदन्त) / गन्ता (वैदिक भविष्यत्/आशीर्लिङ्गीय प्रयोग)
वृष्टिम्rain
वृष्टिम्:
Karma (उपमा-प्रयोग में)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
विद्युतःlightning
विद्युतः:
Kartā (उपमा: ‘lightning’ as comparator)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्युत् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
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