Rig Veda 2.34.6: Mandala 2, Sukta 34, Mantra 6
Sukta 2.34
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नो ब्रह्माणि मरुतः समन्यवो नरां न शंसः सवनानि गन्तन । अश्वामिव पिप्यत धेनुमूधनि कर्ता धियं जरित्रे वाजपेशसम् ॥
Transliteration
ā́ no bráhmāṇi marutaḥ sa-manyavo narā́ṃ ná śáṃsaḥ sávanāni gantana | aśvā́m iva pipyata dhenúm ū́dhani kártā dhíyaṃ jaritré vā́ja-peśasam ||
Translation
同一の熱情をもつマルトたちよ、われらの梵句（brahmāṇi）へ来たれ。英雄たちの讃歌のごとく、搾りの祭（savana）へ来たれ。牝馬を満たすように、乳牛の乳房を満たせ。歌い手のために、力の充溢に形づくられた思（dhī）を作りなせ。
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
ब्रह्माणिsacred formulations, hymns
ब्रह्माणि:
कर्म (object of ‘गन्तन’ = come to)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (न.)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
सम्बोधन (addressed)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (पु.)
समन्यवःO like-minded/with one wrath (united in spirit)
समन्यवः:
सम्बोधन (epithet of Maruts)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसमन्यु (पु.)
नराम्of men
नराम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootनर (पु.)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात) / na
शंसःpraise, eulogy
शंसः:
कर्ता (of implied ‘is/comes’ as predicate-noun) / apposition
TypeNoun
Rootशंस (पु.)
सवनानिpressings, Soma-rites
सवनानि:
कर्म (object of ‘गन्तन’ = come to)
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (न.)
गन्तनcome!
गन्तन:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
अश्वाम्a horse
अश्वाम्:
कर्म (object of ‘पिप्यत’)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (पु.)
इवlike
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
पिप्यतmake swell, fill, refresh
पिप्यत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्यै / पि (प्यायते)
धेनुम्the milch-cow
धेनुम्:
कर्म (object of ‘पिप्यत’)
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु (स्त्री.)
ऊधनिat/in the udder
ऊधनि:
अधिकरण (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootऊधन् (न.)
कर्ताmaker, doer
कर्ता:
कर्ता (agent: ‘maker’)
TypeNoun (agent) / epithet
Rootकृ (कृञ्) → कर्तृ (agent-noun)
धियम्thought, insight, hymn-vision
धियम्:
कर्म (what is made/produced)
TypeNoun
Rootधि (स्त्री.)
जरित्रेfor the singer/praiser
जरित्रे:
सम्प्रदान (recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootजरितृ (पु.)
वाजपेशसम्rich in prize/strength, splendid with gain
वाजपेशसम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootवाज-पेशस् (समास; वाज ‘prize/strength’ + पेशस् ‘adornment/beauty’)
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