Mantra 15
Sukta 2.41
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Maruts (with Indra as chief) and Viśve Devāḥ; Pūṣan invoked as the giver through the epithet
Chandas: Jagatī (probable family-hymn cadence; exact metrical count may vary by pada resolution)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इन्द्रज्येष्ठा मरुद्गणा देवासः पूषरातयः । विश्वे मम श्रुता हवम् ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
इन्द्र॑ज्येष्ठा॒ मरु॑द्गणा॒ देवा॑स॒: पूष॑रातयः । विश्वे॒ मम॑ श्रुता॒ हव॑म् ॥
Transliteration
índra-jyeṣṭhā márud-gaṇā devā́saḥ pū́ṣa-rātayaḥ | víśve máma śrutā́ hávam ||
Translation
O host of the Maruts with Indra as your foremost, O gods who give the plenitudes of Pūṣan, all of you—hear my call; let the powers of right impulse answer the soul’s invocation.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
इन्द्र॑ऽज्येष्ठाः । मरु॑त्ऽगणाः । देवा॑सः । पूष॑ऽरातयः । विश्वे॑ । मम॑ । श्रु॒त॒ । हव॑म् ॥इन्द्रज्येष्ठाः । मरुत्गणाः । देवासः । पूषरातयः । विश्वे । मम । श्रुत । हवम् ॥indra-jyeṣṭhāḥ | marut-gaṇāḥ | devāsaḥ | pūṣa-rātayaḥ | viśve | mama | śruta | havam
Word by Word
इन्द्रज्येष्ठाःwhose chief is Indra / Indra-led
इन्द्रज्येष्ठाः:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/कर्तृ-समूहः; ‘they’ as subject)
TypeAdjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used adjectivally)
Rootइन्द्र- (देवनाम) + ज्येष्ठ- (प्रा. ‘श्रेष्ठ/ज्येष्ठ’)
मरुद्गणाःthe troop(s) of Maruts
मरुद्गणाः:
Kartā (same subject-group)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootमरुत् (देवनाम) + गण (प्रा. ‘समूह’)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
Kartā (apposition to the same subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रा.)
पूषरातयःgivers of gifts like Pūṣan / Pūṣan-like benefactors
पूषरातयः:
Kartā (apposition to the same subject)
TypeNoun (compound; descriptive epithet)
Rootपूषन् (देवनाम) + राति (प्रा. ‘दान/उपहार’)
विश्वेall (of you)
विश्वे:
Kartā (collective ‘all [of you]’ as subject)
TypeAdjective used substantively
Rootविश्व (प्रा. ‘सर्व’)
ममof me / my
मम:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
श्रुताःhaving heard / hear (ye)
श्रुताः:
Kartā (predicate adjective to the subject ‘you all’)
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Root√श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
हवम्the invocation / call
हवम्:
Karma (object of ‘heard’)
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रा. ‘आह्वान/हवन-आह्वान’)