Rig Veda 6.49.4 — Mandala 6, Sukta 49, Mantra 4

Sukta 6.49

Devata: Vāyu

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वायुमच्छा बृहती मनीषा बृहद्रयिं विश्ववारं रथप्राम् । द्युतद्यामा नियुतः पत्यमानः कविः कविमियक्षसि प्रयज्यो ॥

Transliteration

prá vāyúm ácchā bṛhatī́ manīṣā́ bṛhád rayíṃ viśvá-vāraṃ ratha-prā́m | dyutád-yāmā niyútaḥ pátyamānaḥ kavíḥ kavím iyákṣasi prayajyó ||

Translation

Vers Vāyu s’élance ma vaste pensée, en quête de la grande plénitude — la richesse désirable de tous, qui emplit le char. Aux courses éclatantes, maîtrisant ses énergies attelées (niyut), le voyant‑poète appelle le Voyant à l’offrande, ô digne d’adoration.

Word by Word

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

• वायुम्: Vāyu (Wind-god)
• वायुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (prātipadika)

• अच्छा: towards, hither
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (avyaya)

• बृहती: the lofty (hymn/thought), Bṛhatī
• बृहती: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: बृहती (prātipadika)

• मनीषा: thought, inspired insight
• मनीषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषा (prātipadika)

• बृहद्रयिम्: great wealth/treasure
• बृहद्रयिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: बृहद्-रयि (compound: bṛhad + rayi)

• विश्ववारम्: all-precious, bringing all boons
• विश्ववारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व-वार (compound: viśva + vāra)

• रथप्राम्: filling the chariot / chariot-filling (abundant)
• रथप्राम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ-प्रा (compound; prā from √प्रा/प्रि ‘to fill, satisfy’ used adjectivally)

• द्यूतद्यामा: whose courses are shining
• द्यूतद्यामा: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्यूतत्-यामन् (compound: dyutat ‘shining’ + yāman ‘course/going’)

• नियुतः: yoked teams (of horses), niyuts
• नियुतः: Kartā (as attendants/means with him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियुत् (prātipadika)

• पत्यमानः: ruling, being lord (over)
• पत्यमानः: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √पत्/पत्‍य (denominative/atmanepada ‘to be lord, to rule’)

• कविः: seer, poet
• कविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (prātipadika)

• कविम्: the seer/poet
• कविम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवि (prātipadika)

• इयक्षसि: you desire to worship/sacrifice to
• इयक्षसि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यज् (desiderative: iyakṣ-)

• प्रयज्यो: to be worshipped first; worthy of foremost sacrifice
• प्रयज्यो: Kartā/Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective (verbal)
• Root: प्र-यज्य (gerundive from √यज् with preverb प्र)