Rig Veda 8.7.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.7
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (Mandala 8 context; exact rishi not specified here)
Devata: Maruts (Rudra’s powers of the storm; inner forces of dynamic transformation)
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse likely in Tr̥ṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वपन्ति मरुतो मिहं प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान् । यद्यामं यान्ति वायुभिः ॥
Transliteration
vápanti marúto míhaṃ prá vepayanti párvatān | yádyāmaṃ yā́nti vāyú-bhiḥ ||
Translation
മരുത്തുകൾ മഞ്ഞിനെ ചിതറിക്കുന്നു; പർവ്വതങ്ങളെ വിറപ്പിക്കുന്നു, അവർ വായുക്കളോടൊപ്പം തങ്ങളുടെ നിയത യാമത്തിൽ മുന്നേറുമ്പോൾ.
Word by Word
वपन्तिthey scatter / they strew
वपन्ति:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वप् (वपन) ‘to strew/sow, scatter’
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
मिहम्mist / fine rain
मिहम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootमिह्/मिह (प्रातिपदिक) ‘mist, drizzle’
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वेपयन्तिthey make (them) tremble
वेपयन्ति:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√विप्/√वेप् (कारण) → वेपय ‘to cause to tremble’
पर्वतान्mountains
पर्वतान्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when / if
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यामम्a course / a march (their onward course)
यामम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयाम (प्रातिपदिक) ‘course, going, march; watch of night’
यान्तिthey go
यान्ति:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√या ‘to go’
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (निपात)
आयुभिःwith winds
आयुभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवायु (प्रातिपदिक) ‘wind’
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