Rig Veda 1.37.7: Mandala 1, Sukta 37, Mantra 7
Sukta 1.37
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नि वो यामाय मानुषो दध्र उग्राय मन्यवे । जिहीत पर्वतो गिरिः ॥
Transliteration
ní vo yā́māya mā́nuṣo dadhra ugrā́ya manyáve | jihī́ta párvato giríḥ ||
Translation
For your course the human being sets a foundation for your fierce wrath; the mountain and the hill seem to yield and move—so great is the pressure of your advancing force.
Word by Word
निdown; forth (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga) / अव्यय
वःof you (pl.)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
यामायfor (your) going/advance; for the march
यामाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootयाम (प्रातिपदिक) < √या ‘to go’
मानुषःthe man; the human (one)
मानुषः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमानुष (प्रातिपदिक) < मनु
दध्रःsteadfast; firm
दध्रः:
कर्ता
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootदध्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘firm/steadfast’; RV adj.)
उग्रायto the fierce
उग्राय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मन्यवेto wrath/ardor (personified)
मन्यवे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
जिहीतlet (him/it) leave; may it abandon
जिहीत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√हा (जहाति) ‘to leave, abandon’ (Vedic injunctive/imperative-type form)
पर्वतःthe mountain
पर्वतः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
गिरिःthe mountain; the peak
गिरिः:
कर्ता
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
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