Rig Veda 6.48.20: Mandala 6, Sukta 48, Mantra 20
Sukta 6.48
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable for 6.48 opening; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वामी वामस्य धूतयः प्रणीतिरस्तु सूनृता । देवस्य वा मरुतो मर्त्यस्य वेजानस्य प्रयज्यवः ॥
Transliteration
vāmī vā́masya dhūtáyaḥ prá-nītir astu sū-nṛ́tā | devásya vā maruto martyásya vejā́nasya prayajyavaḥ ||
Translation
हे मरुत, तुम्हारी हरकतें हमें सही रास्ता दिखाएं। जो बात तुम कहो वो सच हो, जैसे रोशनी हो। चाहे देवता हो या इंसान जो आगे बढ़ रहा हो, तुम उसकी पूजा के लायक हो। उसको पक्का करो।
Word by Word
वामीyou two gracious/pleasant ones
वामी:
सम्बोधन (address; outside kāraka) / or Kartā if taken as subject
TypeAdjective
Rootवाम (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *u̯eh₂m- ‘प्रिय/वाम’ (etym. uncertain)
वामस्यof the gracious one / of you (honorific)
वामस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun/Adjective (genitive)
Rootवाम (प्रातिपदिक)
धूतयःthe shakings/stirrings; the impellings
धूतयः:
Kartā (if construed as subject of an implied verb) / or apposition
TypeNoun
Rootधू (धातु) → धूत (कृदन्त, PPP) → धूति (स्त्री) / or धूति- (f.) ‘shaking, stirring’
प्रणीतिःguidance; leading forth
प्रणीतिः:
Kartā (subject of अस्तु)
TypeNoun
Rootनी (धातु) + प्र-; noun from √नी ‘to lead’ → प्रणीतिः (f.)
अस्तुlet it be / may it be
अस्तु:
(verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) ‘to be’
सूनृताgood/true speech; gracious truth
सूनृता:
(predicate complement)
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + नृ (प्रातिपदिक) → सूनृता (f.) ‘good speech, truth’
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
(connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (avyaya)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
मर्त्यस्यof the mortal
मर्त्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
वेजानस्यof the vigorous/impetuous one
वेजानस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवेजान (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic epithet, from √विज्/√वेज् ‘to hasten, be lively’)
प्रयज्यवःO offering-devoted ones / O worshipful ones
प्रयज्यवः:
सम्बोधन (address to Maruts)
TypeAdjective (vocative plural) / Noun (epithet)
Rootप्र- + यज् (धातु) → प्रयज्य (kṛdanta/adj. ‘devoted to offering’) + वस्/व (possessive suffix) → प्रयज्यव-
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