Rig Veda 7.56.3: Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 3

Sukta 7.56

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (presumptive)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (to be verified)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि स्वपूभिर्मिथो वपन्त वातस्वनसः श्येना अस्पृध्रन् ॥

Transliteration

abhí svapū́bhir mithó vapanta vā́ta-svanasaḥ śyenā́ aspṛdhran ||

Translation

彼らは自らの浄めの力によって互いに働きかける。風の轟きを帯びた鷹のごとく、妨げられずに押し進む。迅く光り輝く突撃のエネルギーが道を清め開く。

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्वपूभिः: with their own purifying (means)/with self-purifiers
• स्वपूभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वपू (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिथः: mutually, with one another
• मिथः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथस् (अव्यय)

• वपन्त: they strew/scatter, they cast
• वपन्त: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वप् (धातु)

• वातस्वनसः: wind-sounding, roaring like the wind
• वातस्वनसः: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात-स्वन (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)

• श्येनाः: hawks, falcons
• श्येनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्पृध्रन्: they did not contend/quarrel (were not in rivalry)
• अस्पृध्रन्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृध् (धातु) + अ (निषेध/अभाव-प्रत्ययः)