Rig Veda 7.56.14: Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 14

Sukta 7.56

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Marutaḥ

Chandas: Jagatī (likely; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र बुध्न्या व ईरते महांसि प्र नामानि प्रयज्यवस्तिरध्वम् । सहस्रियं दम्यं भागमेतं गृहमेधीयं मरुतो जुषध्वम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.56.14

Transliteration

prá budhnyā́ va īrate mahā́ṃsi prá nā́māni prayajyavas tirádhvam | sahasríyaṃ dámyam bhā́gam etáṃ gṛhamedhī́yaṃ maruto juṣadhvam ||

Translation

汝らの深く据わる偉力は前へと起ち上がり、汝らの名は—供犠に励む者たちよ—広く宣べ伝えられる。マルットよ、この家の分け前、千の充溢を宿し、家の祭（グリハメーダ）にふさわしいものを受けよ。

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• बुध्न्याः: the Budhnyas (a class/epithet of Maruts; ‘of the depths’)
• बुध्न्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध्न्य- (प्रातिपदिक; from बुध्न ‘bottom, depth’ + -य)

• वः: of you, your
• वः: Sampradāna (possessive/relational)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• ईरते: are set in motion, arise
• ईरते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईर् (धातु; īr ‘to set in motion, to rise’)

• महांसि: great (deeds/forces)
• महांसि: Kartā (with ईरते) / or apposition to बुध्न्याः
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: महत् (adj. stem; neuter plural form)

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karma (with implied ‘to proclaim’) / or Kartā with implied verb
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रयज्यवः: you who are devoted to/ready for offerings
• प्रयज्यवः: Kartā (addressing Maruts) / apposition
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: प्र-यज्यवस्- (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to worship/sacrifice’ with preverb प्र-; ‘fit for/engaged in offering’)

• तिरध्वम्: hide (it), put (it) aside / cover over
• तिरध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: तिरस् (avyaya) + √धा/ध्वा? (here: verbal form from √धा ‘to place’ with तिरस् → ‘to put aside/cover’; Vedic idiom तिरध्वम्)

• सहस्रियम्: thousandfold, of a thousand (value)
• सहस्रियम्: Karma (object of जुषध्वम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रिय- (adj. from सहस्र ‘thousand’)

• दम्यम्: to be tamed/controlled; strong, masterful
• दम्यम्: Karma (qualifier of भागम्) / Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दम्य- (adj.; from √दम् ‘to tame, subdue’)

• भागम्: share, portion
• भागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग- (प्रातिपदिक)

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Karma (determiner of भागम्)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (pronoun)

• गृहमेधीयम्: belonging to the household sacrifice; domestic-ritual
• गृहमेधीयम्: Karma (qualifier of भागम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गृहमेधीय- (adj.; from गृहमेध ‘household sacrifice/householder rite’)

• मरुतः: O Maruts
• मरुतः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जुषध्वम्: enjoy, accept, favor
• जुषध्वम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जुष् (धातु; juṣ ‘to enjoy, favor, accept’)