Rig Veda 2.41.1: Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Mantra 1

Sukta 2.41

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (and/or the Gṛtsamada lineage)

Devata: Vāyu

Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely; short 3-pāda structure typical of gāyatrī invites)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वायो ये ते सहस्रिणो रथासस्तेभिरा गहि । नियुत्वान्त्सोमपीतये ॥

Transliteration

vā́yo yé te sahasríṇo ráthāsas tébhir ā́ gahi | niyútvānts sómapītaye ||

Translation

O Vāyu, with those thousand-powered chariots of yours come here, yoked with your teams, for the drinking of Soma—so the life-breath in us may receive the illumining delight.

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Word by Word

• वायो: O Vāyu
• वायो: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (proper, देवता-नाम)
• Root: वायु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ये: which / who
• ये: कर्तृ/विशेष्य-संबन्ध (relative pronoun referring to ‘रथासः’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (possessor)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सहस्रिणः: thousand-fold / having a thousand (teams, powers)
• सहस्रिणः: विशेषण (of ‘रथासः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्रिन्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a thousand’)

• रथासः: chariots
• रथासः: कर्तृ (subject of implied ‘are/come’ with relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• तेभिः: with those
• तेभिः: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: hither / towards (us)
• आ: क्रियाविशेषण (directional: ‘hither’)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/particle)
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• गहि: come
• गहि: क्रिया (मुख्य विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)

• नियुत्वान्: having yoked teams (niyuts)
• नियुत्वान्: विशेषण (of implied subject ‘त्वम्’ = Vāyu)
• Type: Adjective (participial stem)
• Root: नियुत्वन्त्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having niyuts/teams’)

• सोमपीतये: for Soma-drinking
• सोमपीतये: सम्प्रदान (purpose/for)
• Type: Noun (action/occasion)
• Root: सोमपीति- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Soma-drinking’)