Rig Veda 2.41.13: Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Mantra 13
Sukta 2.41
Rishi: Gṛtsamada
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (All the Gods)
Chandas: Trishtubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विश्वे देवास आ गत शृणुता म इमं हवम् । एदं बर्हिर्नि षीदत ॥
Transliteration
víśve devāsa ā́ gata śṛṇutā́ ma imáṃ hávam | édaṃ barhír ní ṣīdata ||
Translation
すべての神々よ、来たり給え。わがこの呼びかけを聴き給え。この敷き設けた聖なるバルヒス（barhis）に坐し、整えられた座にお着き給え。
Word by Word
विश्वेall
विश्वे:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards (here)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गतcome (having come)
गत:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
शृणुतhear!
शृणुत:
Karma (इमं हवम् इति कर्म शृणुत) / संबोधन-प्रयोगे क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
मेmy, of me
मे:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (speaker’s)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इमम्this
इमम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हवम्invocation, call
हवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हव’/‘हवस्’—आह्वान/आहूति)
एदम्here, now; this (indeed)
एदम्:
Adhikaraṇa (deictic ‘here’) / वाक्योपपादक
TypeIndeclinable/Pronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक रूप ‘एद’ = ‘इदम्’)
बर्हिःthe sacred grass (barhis), the ritual seat
बर्हिः:
Adhikaraṇa (नि-षीदत इत्यस्य आधारः) / Karma-सम्बन्धः
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, in place
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
षीदतsit down (take your seat)
षीदत:
Kartā (विश्वे देवासः) + Adhikaraṇa (बर्हिः)
TypeVerb
Rootसद्/सीद् (धातु; वैदिक ‘षीद’ < √सद् ‘to sit’)
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