Rig Veda 2.31.7: Mandala 2, Sukta 31, Mantra 7
Sukta 2.31
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Viśvedevāḥ (addressed collectively as yajatrāḥ)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एता वो वश्म्युद्यता यजत्रा अतक्षन्नायवो नव्यसे सम् । श्रवस्यवो वाजं चकानाः सप्तिर्न रथ्यो अह धीतिमश्याः ॥
Transliteration
etā́ vo vaśmy údyatā yajatrā́ átakṣann ā́yavo návyase sám | śravasyávo vā́jaṃ cakānā́ḥ saptír ná rathyó áha dhī́tim aśyāḥ ||
Translation
これらの言葉を、われは汝らのために形づくり掲げる、祭らるべき力よ。先見者たちはそれらを新たに調え、ひとつの和へと作り上げた。霊感の名声を求め、力の充溢を願いつつ、われらがその思惟に到達せんことを――よく轭された、車にふさわしき駿馬のごとく――旅路の道に迅く。
Word by Word
ए॒ताthese two
ए॒ता:
Kartā (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः; कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वःof/for you (your)
वः:
Sampradāna/Relation (सम्बन्धः: ‘of/for you’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वश्मिa garment/covering (vesture)
वश्मि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवश्मि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वश’/‘वश्म’ इत्यस्य वैदिकरूपम्)
उद्यताःraised, held up
उद्यताः:
Kartā (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootउद्-यत (कृदन्त; √यत् ‘प्रयत्न/उद्यमे’)
यजत्राःworthy of worship
यजत्राः:
Kartā (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootयजत्र (प्रातिपदिक; √यज्)
अतक्षन्they fashioned, they hewed
अतक्षन्:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√तक्ष् (तक्षति)
आयवःthe living ones / men (clans)
आयवः:
Kartā (कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootआयु (प्रातिपदिक) / ‘आयव’ वैदिक बहुवचन-रूप
नव्यसेfor the new (anew)
नव्यसे:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeAdjective
Rootनव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; ‘together/fully’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
श्रवस्यवःseeking fame
श्रवस्यवः:
Kartā (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootश्रवस्यु (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative adj. from श्रवस् ‘fame’)
वाजम्prize, strength, victory
वाजम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
चकानाःrejoicing, desiring
चकानाः:
Kartā (कर्तृपदस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Root√कन्/कन् (वैदिक; ‘to be pleased/desire’, perf. mid. ptcp.)
सप्तिःa steed
सप्तिः:
Kartā (उपमान-कर्तृ)
TypeNoun
Rootसप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
नlike
न:
Upamā-dyotaka
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
रथ्यःfit for the chariot
रथ्यः:
Kartā (उपमानस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootरथ्य (प्रातिपदिक; रथ-सम्बद्ध)
अहindeed, surely
अह:
Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअह (अव्यय; वैदिक निपात)
धीतिम्thought, hymn, inspiration
धीतिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधीति (प्रातिपदिक; √धी ‘to think’)
अश्याःmay you attain
अश्याः:
Kriyā (प्रार्थनात्मक क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अश् (अश्नोति/अश्नुते ‘to reach, attain’)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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