Rig Veda 1.86.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 86, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.86
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional)
Devata: Marutaḥ
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पूर्वीभिर्हि ददाशिम शरद्भिर्मरुतो वयम् । अवोभिश्चर्षणीनाम् ॥
Transliteration
pūrvī́bhir hí dadāśimá śarádbhīr maruto vayám | ávobhiś carṣaṇīnā́m ||
Translation
હે મરુતો, અનેક પૂર્વ ઋતુઓથી અમે આ કર્મમાં પોતાને અર્પ્યા છે; અને તમારી અવ (રક્ષા) દ્વારા તમે ચર્ષણીનામ્—પ્રજાઓ, માનવ શક્તિઓ—ને ધારણ કરો છો, જે પ્રયત્નશીલ છે.
Word by Word
पूर्वीभिःwith the former/earlier (years)
पूर्वीभिः:
करण (instrumental: ‘by/with’) / सहकारक
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *per- ‘before, forward’
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
ददाशिमI have given
ददाशिम:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: अहम् निहितः)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (दाने) धातु; परस्मैपद
शरद्भिःwith years (autumns)
शरद्भिः:
करण (instrumental: ‘with/through years’)
TypeNoun
Rootशरद् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘autumn; year’
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity-name)
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्ता
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवोभिःwith protections/aids
अवोभिः:
करण (instrumental: ‘with helps/protections’)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्/अवः (प्रातिपदिक) ‘help, protection, favor’
चर्षणीनाम्of the peoples (of men)
चर्षणीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of’)
TypeNoun
Rootचर्षणी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘men, peoples’
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