Rig Veda 7.57.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 57, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.57

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for much of Maṇḍala 7; specific hymn-level r̥ṣi not supplied in input)

Devata: Marutāḥ (the Maruts)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 7.57; verse appears in 4 pādas of ~11 syllables)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मध्वो वो नाम मारुतं यजत्राः प्र यज्ञेषु शवसा मदन्ति । ये रेजयन्ति रोदसी चिदुर्वी पिन्वन्त्युत्सं यदयासुरुग्राः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.57.1

Transliteration

mádhvo vo nā́ma mā́rutam yajatrā́ḥ prá yajñéṣu śávasā madanti | yé rejáyanti ródasī cid urvī́ pinvánty útsaṃ yád ayā́sur ugrā́ḥ ||

Translation

Mielleux est votre nom, ô Maruts dignes du sacrifice : dans les sacrifices vous vous élancez en avant, enivrés de puissance. Vous qui pouvez ébranler même les deux vastes mondes, vous faites enfler la source cachée lorsque, les puissants, vous mettez vos énergies en mouvement.

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Word by Word

• मध्वः: of sweetness / of honey
• मध्वः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु

• वः: of you (your)
• वः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• नाम: name
• नाम: विशेष्य/सम्बन्ध (appositional ‘as/namely’ name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्

• मारुतम्: Marut-like / belonging to the Maruts
• मारुतम्: विशेषण (to नाम)
• Type: Adjective (tribal/collective epithet)
• Root: मारुत

• यजत्राः: worthy of worship
• यजत्राः: कर्तृ (subject of मदन्ति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत्र

• प्र: forth; strongly
• प्र: क्रियाविशेषण (intensifier/directional)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/particle)
• Root: प्र

• यज्ञेषु: in the sacrifices
• यज्ञेषु: अधिकरण (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ

• शवसा: by (their) might
• शवसा: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस्

• मदन्ति: they rejoice / exult
• मदन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद्

• ये: who
• ये: कर्तृ (subject of रेजयन्ति, पिन्वन्ति)
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद्

• रेजयन्ति: they make (it) tremble
• रेजयन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: रिज्/रेज् (Vedic: ‘to shake, make tremble’)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun (dual)
• Root: रोदसी (dual stem) < रोदस्

• चित्: even
• चित्: निपात (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: चित्

• उर्वी: broad, wide
• उर्वी: विशेषण (to रोदसी in sense) / कर्म-विशेषण
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: उर्वी

• पिन्वन्ति: they cause to swell / they set flowing
• पिन्वन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: पिव्/पिन्व् (Vedic: ‘to swell, set in motion, make flow’)

• उत्सम्: spring; fountain
• उत्सम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्स

• यत्: when / that
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (correlative ‘when/that’)
• Type: Indeclinable/relative particle
• Root: यद्

• अयासुः: they drove/pressed on; they rushed
• अयासुः: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इ) ‘to go’ + अ (augment) (Vedic aorist) / alternatively √यास् in Vedic sense ‘to rush’

• उग्राः: fierce, mighty
• उग्राः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (to ये = Maruts)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र