Rig Veda 8.20.14 - Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 14

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Rig Veda 8.20.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 14

Sukta 8.20

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.20, Kāṇva lineage)

Devata: Marutāḥ

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 8.20; verse-length and cadence align with common Marut hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तान्वन्दस्व मरुतस्ताँ उप स्तुहि तेषां हि धुनीनाम् । अराणां न चरमस्तदेषां दाना मह्ना तदेषाम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.20.14

Transliteration

tā́n vandasva marútas tā́ṃ úpa stuhi téṣāṃ hí dhunī́nām | arā́ṇāṃ ná caramáś tád eṣāṃ dā́nā mahnā́ tád eṣām ||

Translation

ആ മരു‍ത്തുകളെ വന്ദിക്ക; അവരുടെ അടുക്കൽ ചെന്നു സ്തുതിക്ക. കാരണം അവരുടെ ധുനികൾ—കലക്കമുണർത്തുന്ന ശക്തികൾ—അരങ്ങൾ (ചക്രത്തിന്റെ കമ്പികൾ) പോലെ, അവസാനപരിധിയില്ല. അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാണ് അവരുടെ ദാനം; അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാണ് അവരുടെ മഹത്ത്വം.

Word by Word

तान्them

वन्दस्वpraise / salute

मरुतःthe Maruts

तान्them

उपnear; forth (as preverb)

स्तुहिpraise

तेषाम्of them

हिfor; indeed

धुनीनाम्of the roaring (ones/forces)

अराणाम्of the spokes/arms (i.e., their driving forces)

नlike

चरमःthe last; the hindmost

तत्that

एषाम्of these (i.e., of them here)

दानाःgifts; acts of giving

मह्नाby greatness; by might

तत्that

एषाम्of these (of them)

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