Rig Veda 10.77.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 77, Mantra 6
Sukta 10.77
Devata: Maruts (also addressed as Vasus)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र यद्वहध्वे मरुतः पराकाद्यूयं महः संवरणस्य वस्वः । विदानासो वसवो राध्यस्याराच्चिद्द्वेषः सनुतर्युयोत ॥
Transliteration
prá yád váhadhve marutaḥ parākā́d yūyáṃ maháḥ saṃ-váraṇasya vásvaḥ | vidā́nāso vasavo rā́dhyasy ārā́c cid dvéṣaḥ sanutár yuyota ||
Translation
遠き彼方より進み来たり、前へと運びゆくとき、マルット（Maruts）よ、汝らは大いなる包み（覆い）の富である。正しき利得を知る者、ヴァス（Vasus）よ、憎しみを遠くよりも追い払い、われらの道の外へと押しやれ。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग)
यत्what, that which
यत्:
Karma (अर्थतः ‘यत्’ = ‘that which’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वहध्वेyou (pl.) carry/drive/bring
वहध्वे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवह् (धातु)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
पराकात्from afar
पराकात्:
Apādāna
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपराक (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक ‘far away’)
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
महःof the great (one)/of greatness
महः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootमहत्/महि (प्रातिपदिक)
संवरणस्यof the enclosure/covering
संवरणस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootसंवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
वसवःO Vasus (good ones/wealth-givers)
वसवः:
Sambodhana (address to the Maruts as Vasus)
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
विदानासःknowing, wise
विदानासः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘वसवः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootविद् (धातु) → विदान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
वसवःthe Vasus (Maruts)
वसवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
राध्यस्यof the bounty/to-be-won wealth
राध्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootराध्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be won/attained’, also ‘bounty’ contextually)
आरात्from far away, at a distance
आरात्:
Adhikaraṇa (circumstantial: ‘at a distance’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआरात् (अव्यय)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
द्वेषःhatred, hostility
द्वेषः:
Karma (युयोत—‘drive away hatred’)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वेषस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सनुतरिstill farther away
सनुतरि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसनुतरि (अव्यय; तुलनात्मक/दूरार्थक)
युयोतdrive away, remove (you all)!
युयोत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootयु (धातु; वियोजन/अपसारणार्थ)
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