Rig Veda 7.58.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 58, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.58

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for Maṇḍala 7; hymn-level not supplied in input)

Devata: Marutāḥ

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

जनूश्चिद्वो मरुतस्त्वेष्येण भीमासस्तुविमन्यवोऽयासः । प्र ये महोभिरोजसोत सन्ति विश्वो वो यामन्भयते स्वर्दृक् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.58.2

Transliteration

janū́ś cid vo marutas tveṣyéṇa bhīmā́saḥ tuví-manyavo ’yā́saḥ | prá yé mahóbhir ójasotá sánti víśvo vo yā́man bhayate svár-dṛk ||

Translation

Even your knees, O Maruts, are formidable with your blazing energy—terrible, of vast ardour, never weary. When you go forth with greatness and strength, all who behold the light fear your march.

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Word by Word

• जनूः: (your) two knees; (fig.) your onrush/advance
• जनूः: कर्म (with भयते: ‘fears (your) knees/onslaught’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनु- (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *ǵenu- ‘knee’

• चित्: even, indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• वः: of you, your
• वः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

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

• त्वेष्येण: with fierce (might), fiercely
• त्वेष्येण: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वेष्य- (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) < त्विष् ‘to be bright/fierce’

• भीमासः: terrible, fearsome
• भीमासः: कर्ता (of सन्ति) / विशेषण (of मरुतः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीम- (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) < भी ‘to fear’

• तुविमन्यवः: of mighty wrath, very-spirited
• तुविमन्यवः: कर्ता (of सन्ति) / विशेषण (of मरुतः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुवि- (उपसर्गीय/अव्यय-पूर्वपद ‘much, very’) + मन्यु- (प्रातिपदिक ‘wrath, spirit’)

• अयासः: unwearied, tireless
• अयासः: कर्ता (of सन्ति) / विशेषण (of मरुतः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयास- (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक) (a- + यास ‘weariness/effort’ or ‘not tiring’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• ये: who
• ये: कर्ता (of सन्ति)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम)

• महोभिः: with greatnesses, with mighty powers
• महोभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: महस्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘greatness, might’)

• ओजसः: of strength, of vigor
• ओजसः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘strength’)

• उत: and, also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• सन्ति: they are
• सन्ति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• विश्वः: all, every
• विश्वः: कर्ता (of भयते) (collective: ‘everyone’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्व- (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: of you, your
• वः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम)

• यामन्: in (your) course/march, at (your) onset
• यामन्: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: यामन्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘course, march, onset, path’)

• भयते: fears
• भयते: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)

• स्वर्दृक्: the sun-seeing one; (one) with heaven-seeing eye
• स्वर्दृक्: कर्ता (apposition to विश्वः) / विशेषण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्- (प्रातिपदिक ‘sunlight/heaven’) + दृक् (प्रातिपदिक ‘seer, seeing; eye’)