Rig Veda 1.46.3: Mandala 1, Sukta 46, Mantra 3

Sukta 1.46

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Aśvins

Chandas: Gāyatrī

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वच्यन्ते वां ककुहासो जूर्णायामधि विष्टपि । यद्वां रथो विभिष्पतात् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.46.3

Transliteration

vácyante vām kakuhā́so jūrṇā́yām ádhi viṣṭápi | yád vām rátho ví-bhiṣ patā́t ||

Translation

汝らの高く冠する力は、広き天の座の上に語り継がれる。汝らの車が多くの光輝を帯びて飛び出すその時に。願わくは汝らの迅き運行、われらの働きの野に降り、道を光り輝かせよ。

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Word by Word

• वच्यन्ते: are proclaimed / are spoken
• वच्यन्ते: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (वच् ‘to speak, utter’) → वच्य (passive stem)

• वाम्: to you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (to you two) / Sambandha (of you two)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• ककुहासः: lofty (praises/utterances)
• ककुहासः: Kartā (subject of वच्यन्ते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ककुहा- (prātipadika; ‘summit/peak; (poet.) lofty praises/lofty utterances’)

• जूर्णायाम्: on/at the worn (one) / in the old (state/place)
• जूर्णायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: जूर्णा- (prātipadika; ‘old, worn, decayed’; fem.)

• अधि: upon / over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (locative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (preverb/preposition)

• विष्टपि: on the seat/platform (vishṭapi)
• विष्टपि: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्टपि- (prātipadika; ‘seat, platform; (also) heaven/firm place’)

• यत्: when / that which
• यत्: Sambandha (relative connector)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• वाम्: of you two
• वाम्: Sambandha (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Kartā (subject of विभिष्पतात्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ- (prātipadika)

• विभिष्पतात्: rushes forth / darts forward
• विभिष्पतात्: Kriyā (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि- + √भिष्/√भिष्प् (Vedic; ‘to rush, dart, move swiftly’; intensive/iterative-looking formation)