Rig Veda 1.165.2 — Mandala 1, Sukta 165, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.165
Rishi: Agastya Mānavā
Devata: Maruts (interrogative praise; seeking the attracting principle)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable; metrical verification recommended)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
कस्य ब्रह्माणि जुजुषुर्युवानः को अध्वरे मरुत आ ववर्त । श्येनाँ इव ध्रजतो अन्तरिक्षे केन महा मनसा रीरमाम ॥
Transliteration
kásya bráhmāṇi jujuṣur yúvānaḥ kó adhvaré marúta ā́ vavarta | śyenā́n iva dhrajáto antárikṣe kéna mahā́ mánasā rīramāma ||
Translation
Whose sacred formulations have the youthful ones embraced? Who has turned the Maruts toward the offering-work? Like falcons flashing through the midspace—by what vast mind shall we draw near and delight them?
Word by Word
कस्यof whom/whose
कस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive/possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक: क-)
ब्रह्माणिsacred formulations, hymns
ब्रह्माणि:
कर्म (object of जुजुषुः)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
जुजुषुःthey have sought to enjoy/accept, have welcomed
जुजुषुः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु)
युवानःthe young ones (Maruts)
युवानः:
कर्तृ (subject of जुजुषुः)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootयुवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
कःwho?
कः:
कर्तृ (subject of आववर्त)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक: क-)
अध्वरेin the sacrifice
अध्वरे:
अधिकरण (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्म/प्राप्तव्य (those to be brought/turned toward)
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
ववर्तhas turned/has brought (them) hither
ववर्त:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (धातु) / वर्त् (धातु) with आ-
श्येनान्falcons
श्येनान्:
उपमान/कर्म (object implied with इव: like falcons)
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
क्रियाविशेषण/उपमान
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
ध्रजतःof the darting/rapid (ones)
ध्रजतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier: of the darting ones)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootध्रज् (धातु) → ध्रजत् (कृदन्त प्रातिपदिक)
अन्तरिक्षेin mid-air, in the atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षे:
अधिकरण (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
केनby what? with what?
केन:
करण (instrument)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक: क-)
महाgreat
महा:
करण (qualifier of instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक) → महा (वैदिक रूप)
मनसाwith (his) mind, by thought
मनसा:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
रीरमामI have made (them) delight/settle; I have urged/propitiated
रीरमाम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootरम् (धातु) with री- (intensive/reduplicated)
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