Rig Veda 1.46.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 46, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.46

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Aśvins

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

या दस्रा सिन्धुमातरा मनोतरा रयीणाम् । धिया देवा वसुविदा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.46.2

Transliteration

yā́ dasrā́ síndhumātarā manotarā́ rayīṇā́m | dhiyā́ devā́ vasuvídā ||

Translation

You two, wondrous ones, born of the flowing waters, most gladdening to the mind and bringers of the soul’s riches—O gods, find for us the true treasures by the awakened thought.

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Word by Word

• याः: who (fem. pl.)
• याः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → या-

• दस्रा: wondrous, skillful
• दस्रा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: दस्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिन्धुमातराः: mothers of the Sindhu (river/sea)
• सिन्धुमातराः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: सिन्धु + मातृ (समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः ‘सिन्धोः मातरः’)

• मनॊतराः: more mind-delighting / more intent
• मनॊतराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनॊतर (प्रातिपदिक; तुलनात्मक-प्रत्यय -तर)

• रयीणाम्: of riches, of wealth
• रयीणाम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रयि (प्रातिपदिक)

• धिया: by insight / with thought
• धिया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवा: the two gods
• देवा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुविदा: with wealth-finding (power)
• वसुविदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (kṛdanta, compound)
• Root: वसु + विद् (√विद् ‘to find/know’; कृत्: -विद् ‘finder/knower’)