Rig Veda 10.77.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 77, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.77

Devata: Maruts (also addressed as Vasus)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र यद्वहध्वे मरुतः पराकाद्यूयं महः संवरणस्य वस्वः । विदानासो वसवो राध्यस्याराच्चिद्द्वेषः सनुतर्युयोत ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.77.6

Transliteration

prá yád váhadhve marutaḥ parākā́d yūyáṃ maháḥ saṃ-váraṇasya vásvaḥ | vidā́nāso vasavo rā́dhyasy ārā́c cid dvéṣaḥ sanutár yuyota ||

Translation

Cuando avanzáis trayendo desde lejos, oh Maruts, sois las riquezas del gran cerco envolvente. Conociendo la ganancia justa, oh Vasus, apartad aun desde la distancia el odio, arrojadlo más allá de nuestro sendero.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• यत्: what, that which
• यत्: Karma (अर्थतः ‘यत्’ = ‘that which’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वहध्वे: you (pl.) carry/drive/bring
• वहध्वे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

• मरुतः: O Maruts
• मरुतः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराकात्: from afar
• पराकात्: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पराक (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक ‘far away’)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• महः: of the great (one)/of greatness
• महः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्/महि (प्रातिपदिक)

• संवरणस्य: of the enclosure/covering
• संवरणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवरण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसवः: O Vasus (good ones/wealth-givers)
• वसवः: Sambodhana (address to the Maruts as Vasus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• विदानासः: knowing, wise
• विदानासः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘वसवः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद् (धातु) → विदान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वसवः: the Vasus (Maruts)
• वसवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• राध्यस्य: of the bounty/to-be-won wealth
• राध्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: राध्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be won/attained’, also ‘bounty’ contextually)

• आरात्: from far away, at a distance
• आरात्: Adhikaraṇa (circumstantial: ‘at a distance’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आरात् (अव्यय)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)

• द्वेषः: hatred, hostility
• द्वेषः: Karma (युयोत—‘drive away hatred’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनुतरि: still farther away
• सनुतरि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सनुतरि (अव्यय; तुलनात्मक/दूरार्थक)

• युयोत: drive away, remove (you all)!
• युयोत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यु (धातु; वियोजन/अपसारणार्थ)