Rig Veda 8.46.18: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 18

Sukta 8.46

Devata: Maruts (storm-powers), within the Indra-Marut frame

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये पातयन्ते अज्मभिर्गिरीणां स्नुभिरेषाम् । यज्ञं महिष्वणीनां सुम्नं तुविष्वणीनां प्राध्वरे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.46.18

Transliteration

yé pātáyante ájmabhir girīṇā́ṃ snúbhir eṣām | yajñáṃ mahíṣvaṇīnām súmnaṃ tuvíṣvaṇīnām prá adhvaré ||

Translation

Those who speed with their impetuous strides along the mountains, with their streaming powers—may their sacrifice go forward in the journey; may the bliss of the great-sounding ones, the mighty-sounding ones, increase in the rite.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• पातयन्ते: cause to fly / make speed / drive
• पातयन्ते: कर्तृ
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) → caus. पातय्

• अज्मभिः: with paths / courses (tracks)
• अज्मभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरीणाम्: of the mountains
• गिरीणाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्नुभिः: with straps / thongs / sinews
• स्नुभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘sinew/strap/cord’)

• एषाम्: of these (of them)
• एषाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• महिष्वणीनााम्: of the mighty-sounding ones
• महिष्वणीनााम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महिष्वणिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘mighty-sounding’)

• सुम्नम्: favor / grace
• सुम्नम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुम्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुविष्वणीनााम्: of the powerfully-sounding ones
• तुविष्वणीनााम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: तुविष्वणिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘strong/loud-sounding’)

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

• अध्वरे: in the rite / in the sacrifice
• अध्वरे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वर (प्रातिपदिक)