Mantra 3
Sukta 1.46
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Aśvins
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वच्यन्ते वां ककुहासो जूर्णायामधि विष्टपि । यद्वां रथो विभिष्पतात् ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
व॒च्यन्ते॑ वां ककु॒हासो॑ जू॒र्णाया॒मधि॑ वि॒ष्टपि॑ । यद्वां॒ रथो॒ विभि॒ष्पता॑त् ॥
Transliteration
vácyante vām kakuhā́so jūrṇā́yām ádhi viṣṭápi | yád vām rátho ví-bhiṣ patā́t ||
Translation
Your high-crested powers are spoken of upon the wide seat of heaven, when your chariot flies forth with its many radiances. So may your swift movement descend into our field of work and make the path luminous.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
व॒च्यन्ते॑ । वा॒म् । क॒कु॒हासः॑ । जू॒र्णाया॑म् । अधि॑ । वि॒ष्टपि॑ । यत् । वा॒म् । रथः॑ । विऽभिः॑ । पता॑त् ॥वच्यन्ते । वाम् । ककुहासः । जूर्णायाम् । अधि । विष्टपि । यत् । वाम् । रथः । विभिः । पतात् ॥vacyante | vām | kakuhāsaḥ | jūrṇāyām | adhi | viṣṭapi | yat | vām | rathaḥ | vi-bhiḥ | patāt
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)