Rig Veda 1.37.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 37, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.37

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये पृषतीभिॠष्टिभिः साकं वाशीभिरञ्जिभिः । अजायन्त स्वभानवः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.37.2

Transliteration

yé pṛ́ṣatībhi ṛṣṭíbhiḥ sā́kaṃ vā́śībhi añjíbhiḥ | ájāyanta svábhānavaḥ ||

Translation

Aquellos que nacieron con sus corceles moteados y sus lanzas, junto con sus adornos fulgentes y sus clamores vibrantes —potencias auto-luminosas—: así surgen los Maruts como luces innatas en el ser.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika) → य-

• पृषतीभिः: with the dappled (mares)
• पृषतीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृषती (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘spotted mare/antelope’)

• ऋष्टिभिः: with spears
• ऋष्टिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्टि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘spear, lance’)

• साकम्: together, in company
• साकम्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साकम् (avyaya)

• वाशीभिः: with knives/axes
• वाशीभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाशी (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘knife, adze/axe’)

• अञ्जिभिः: with ornaments/equipment
• अञ्जिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; ‘ornament, equipment; (also) ointment/unguent’)

• अजायन्त: were born / arose
• अजायन्त: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) ‘to be born, arise’

• स्वभानवः: the self-radiant ones
• स्वभानवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: स्वभानु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘self-luminous, having own radiance’)