Mantra 3
Sukta 7.56
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumptive)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (to be verified)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि स्वपूभिर्मिथो वपन्त वातस्वनसः श्येना अस्पृध्रन् ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
अ॒भि स्व॒पूभि॑र्मि॒थो व॑पन्त॒ वात॑स्वनसः श्ये॒ना अ॑स्पृध्रन् ॥
Transliteration
abhí svapū́bhir mithó vapanta vā́ta-svanasaḥ śyenā́ aspṛdhran ||
Translation
With their own purifying powers they work upon one another; like hawks with the roar of the wind they press forward, unopposed—energies of swift, luminous assault that clear the path.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
अ॒भि । स्व॒ऽपूभिः॑ । मि॒थः । व॒प॒न्त॒ । वात॑ऽस्वनसः । श्ये॒नाः । अ॒स्पृ॒ध्र॒न् ॥अभि । स्वपूभिः । मिथः । वपन्त । वातस्वनसः । श्येनाः । अस्पृध्रन् ॥abhi | sva-pūbhiḥ | mithaḥ | vapanta | vāta-svanasaḥ | śyenāḥ | aspṛdhran
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्वपूभिःwith their own purifying (means)/with self-purifiers
स्वपूभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वपू (प्रातिपदिक)
मिथःmutually, with one another
मिथः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथस् (अव्यय)
वपन्तthey strew/scatter, they cast
वपन्त:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवप् (धातु)
वातस्वनसःwind-sounding, roaring like the wind
वातस्वनसः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवात-स्वन (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
श्येनाःhawks, falcons
श्येनाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्पृध्रन्they did not contend/quarrel (were not in rivalry)
अस्पृध्रन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृध् (धातु) + अ (निषेध/अभाव-प्रत्ययः)