Rig Veda 2.34.11: Mandala 2, Sukta 34, Mantra 11
Sukta 2.34
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava) (traditional attribution for Maṇḍala 2 hymns)
Devata: Maruts (with explicit linkage to Vishnu’s expansive impulse)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 2.34; verse-length and cadence fit Triṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
तान्वो महो मरुत एवयाव्नो विष्णोरेषस्य प्रभृथे हवामहे । हिरण्यवर्णान्ककुहान्यतस्रुचो ब्रह्मण्यन्तः शंस्यं राध ईमहे ॥
Transliteration
tān vó maho marúta evayā́vno víṣṇor eṣásya prabhṛthé havāmahe | híraṇyavarṇān kakuhā́ny atasrúco brahmaṇyántaḥ śáṃsyaṃ rā́dha īmahe ||
Translation
ヴィシュヌ（Viṣṇu）の衝き動かす力が広く注ぎ出るその場に、われらは偉大なるマルト（Marut）たち――前進において常に若き者たち――をここに招き呼ぶ。黄金の色に輝き、高き頂を戴き、流れを注ぎ出し、彼らはブラフマンへの志（brahmaṇya）を養う。われらは彼らより、讃えられるにふさわしい富――内なる増益の恵み――を求める。
Word by Word
तान्them
तान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वःfor you / of you
वः:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
महोof the great (one)
महो:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
एवयाव्नःswift-going / impetuous
एवयाव्नः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
TypeAdjective
Rootएवयावन् (प्रातिपदिक; वेदिक विशेषण)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
एषस्यof the course/impulse (of him)
एषस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootएष (प्रातिपदिक) + -स्य (षष्ठी) अथवा ‘एषस्’ (वेदिक नपुंसक/पुं)
प्रभृथेin the bringing-forth / in the forward advance
प्रभृथे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-भृ (धातु) → प्रभृत (कृदन्त/भाव) / प्रभृथि- (प्रातिपदिक)
हवामहेwe invoke
हवामहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति) आत्मनेपद
हिरण्यवर्णान्golden-coloured
हिरण्यवर्णान्:
कर्म (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य-वर्ण (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
ककुहानिpeaks / summits
ककुहानि:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootककुह (प्रातिपदिक)
यतस्रुचःwith streaming (courses) / flowing
यतस्रुचः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
TypeAdjective
Rootयत-स्रुच् (समास-प्रातिपदिक; ‘यत’ + ‘स्रुच्’ = flowing/streaming) अथवा ‘यतस्रुच्’ विशेषण
ब्रह्मण्यन्तःfavouring sacred speech / devoted to brahman
ब्रह्मण्यन्तः:
विशेषण (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धी)
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मण्यन्त् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ब्रह्मणि’ + √यम्/√यन्? वेदिक विशेषण ‘ब्रह्मण्य’ = brahman-favouring)
शंस्यम्praiseworthy
शंस्यम्:
कर्म (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√शंस् (स्तुति/प्रशंसा) → शंस्य (कृदन्त, यत्-प्रत्यय)
राधःgift / bounty
राधः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootराधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
ईमहेwe seek / we implore
ईमहे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ई (ईयते/ईमहे; वेदिक ‘to seek/ask/implore’) आत्मनेपद
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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