Rig Veda 7.56.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 3
Sukta 7.56
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumptive)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (to be verified)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि स्वपूभिर्मिथो वपन्त वातस्वनसः श्येना अस्पृध्रन् ॥
Transliteration
abhí svapū́bhir mithó vapanta vā́ta-svanasaḥ śyenā́ aspṛdhran ||
Translation
ये शक्तियाँ अपनी ताकत से एक दूसरे को साफ करती हैं। हवा की आवाज़ के साथ बाज़ की तरह तेज़ चलती हैं। कोई उन्हे रोके नहीं, वो आगे बढ़ते हैं। रास्ता साफ करते हैं।
Word by Word
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्वपूभिःwith their own purifying (means)/with self-purifiers
स्वपूभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वपू (प्रातिपदिक)
मिथःmutually, with one another
मिथः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथस् (अव्यय)
वपन्तthey strew/scatter, they cast
वपन्त:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवप् (धातु)
वातस्वनसःwind-sounding, roaring like the wind
वातस्वनसः:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवात-स्वन (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
श्येनाःhawks, falcons
श्येनाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्पृध्रन्they did not contend/quarrel (were not in rivalry)
अस्पृध्रन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृध् (धातु) + अ (निषेध/अभाव-प्रत्ययः)
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