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Rig Veda 8.46.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 17

Sukta 8.46

Devata: Indra with Maruts (Indra as primary, Maruts as associated powers)

महः सु वो अरमिषे स्तवामहे मीळ्हुषे अरंगमाय जग्मये । यज्ञेभिर्गीर्भिर्विश्वमनुषां मरुतामियक्षसि गाये त्वा नमसा गिरा ॥

maháḥ su vo áram iṣé stavāmahe mīḷhúṣe araṃgamā́ya jágmaye | yajñébhir gī́rbhir viśvámanuṣāṃ marútām iyákṣasi gā́ye tvā námasā girā́ ||

મહાન માટે, તમારા કલ્યાણ અને વૃદ્ધિ માટે, અમે સ્તુતિથી તમને દૃઢપણે સ્વીકારીએ છીએ—હે મીળ્હુષ (ઉદાર દાતા), આવવા તૈયાર, આવી પહોંચેલા! યજ્ઞો અને પ્રેરિત ગીરો દ્વારા તમે માનવોની સર્વવ્યાપી સાધનાને પોષો છો; મરુતોને પણ તમે આગળ ધપાવો છો. હું નમસ્કાર અને મંત્રોચ્ચારની વાણીથી તમને ગાઉં છું.

म॒हःof the great (one); of greatness
म॒हः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुwell; indeed
सु:
विशेषण-निपात (intensifier/qualifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (अव्यय)
वःof you; your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अरम्properly; sufficiently; fittingly
अरम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (manner/fitness)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअरम् (अव्यय)
इषेI seek; I desire
इषे:
कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु) / इष्- (इष्टि/इष् ‘to seek, to desire’)
स्तवामहेwe praise
स्तवामहे:
कर्तृ (we as agent)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु)
मीळ्हुषेto the bountiful one (giver)
मीळ्हुषे:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमीळ्हु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful/giver’, epithet)
अरंगमायto the swift-going/ready one
अरंगमाय:
सम्प्रदान (recipient; in apposition)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootअरंगम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift-going/ready-going’, epithet)
जग्मयेto the goer/arriver
जग्मये:
सम्प्रदान (recipient; in apposition)
TypeKṛdanta (participle used as noun/epithet)
Rootगम् (धातु) → जग्मि/जग्म (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘one who has gone/comes’)
यज्ञेभिःwith sacrifices
यज्ञेभिः:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
गीर्भिःwith hymns/songs
गीर्भिः:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootगीर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘song, hymn’)
विश्वम्all; the whole (of it)
विश्वम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeAdjective (substantive)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अनुषाम्in due order; successively
अनुषाम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (manner)
TypeAdverbial noun/indeclinable-like form
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग) + शा/शास् (धातु) → अनुशा/अनुषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘following, in due order’; RV usage)
मरुताम्of the Maruts
मरुताम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
इयक्षसिyou worship; you sacrifice
इयक्षसि:
कर्तृ (you as agent)
TypeVerb
Rootयज् (धातु)
गायेsing!
गाये:
कर्तृ (you as agent)
TypeVerb
Rootगै/गा (धातु ‘to sing’)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म (object)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम)
नमसाwith reverence; with homage
नमसा:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
गिराwith a hymn/voice
गिरा:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘voice, hymn’)

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