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Mantra 10

Sukta 3.33

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: The Rivers (Sindhu-powers) responding to the call
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

आ ते कारो शृणवामा वचांसि ययाथ दूरादनसा रथेन । नि ते नंसै पीप्यानेव योषा मर्यायेव कन्या शश्वचै ते ॥

आ ते॑ कारो शृणवामा॒ वचां॑सि य॒याथ॑ दू॒रादन॑सा॒ रथे॑न । नि ते॑ नंसै पीप्या॒नेव॒ योषा॒ मर्या॑येव क॒न्या॑ शश्व॒चै ते॑ ॥

ā́ te kā́ro śṛṇavāmā́ vacā́ṃsi yayā́tha dūrā́d anasā́ ráthena | ní te naṃsai pīpyānā́ iva yóṣā maryā́ya iva kanyā́ śaśvacái te ||

We would hear your answering cry and your words, for you have come from far with cart and chariot. Incline to us as a woman rich with life leans in love, as a maiden to her bridegroom—so may you be ever towards us.

आ । ते॒ । का॒रो॒ इति॑ । शृ॒ण॒वा॒म॒ । वचां॑सि । य॒याथ॑ । दू॒रात् । अन॑सा । रथे॑न । नि । ते॒ । नं॒सै॒ । पी॒प्या॒नाऽइ॑व । योषा॑ । मर्या॑यऽइव । क॒न्या॑ । श॒श्व॒चै । त॒ इति॑ ते ॥आ । ते । कारो इति । शृणवाम । वचांसि । ययाथ । दूरात् । अनसा । रथेन । नि । ते । नंसै । पीप्यानाइव । योषा । मर्यायइव । कन्या । शश्वचै । त इति ते ॥ā | te | kāro iti | śṛṇavāma | vacāṃsi | yayātha | dūrāt | anasā | rathena | ni | te | naṃsai | pīpyānāiva | yoṣā | maryāya-iva | kanyā | śaśvacai | taitite

towards, hither
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
कारोa call/cry; praise (invocation)
कारो:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकार (prātipadika; from √कृ/√कर् ‘to do/make’ > ‘act, praise, call’)
शृणवामाwe two hear / let us two hear
शृणवामा:
TypeVerb
Root√श्रु (śru) ‘to hear’
वचांसिwords, utterances
वचांसि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (prātipadika)
ययाथyou have gone / you went
ययाथ:
TypeVerb
Root√या (yā) ‘to go’
दूरात्from afar
दूरात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun (used adverbially)
Rootदूर (prātipadika)
अनसाwith a wagon/cart
अनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअनस् (prātipadika) ‘cart, wagon’
रथेनwith a chariot
रथेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (prātipadika)
निdown, in, forth (intensifying)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga/avyaya)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
नंसैI bow / I do obeisance
नंसै:
TypeVerb
Root√नंस्/√नश् (Vedic) ‘to bow, to do reverence’
पीप्यानेवlike a thriving/teeming (woman)
पीप्यानेव:
Kartā (simile-apposition)
TypeParticiple + Indeclinable
Rootपीप्यान (reduplicated present participle from √पा/√पि ‘to swell, be full; to thrive’ in Vedic usage) + इव
योषाa young woman
योषा:
Kartā (simile)
TypeNoun
Rootयोषा (prātipadika) ‘young woman, wife’
मर्यायेवlike (to) a young man
मर्यायेव:
Sampradāna (simile)
TypeNoun + Indeclinable
Rootमर्य (prātipadika) ‘young man, suitor’ + इव
कन्याa maiden
कन्या:
Kartā (simile)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या (prātipadika) ‘maiden, girl’
शश्वचैalways, and
शश्वचै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशश्वत् (avyaya ‘always, continually’) + च (enclitic)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)