Rig Veda 2.32.6: Mandala 2, Sukta 32, Mantra 6
Sukta 2.32
Rishi: Gṛtsamada
Devata: Sinīvālī
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; shorter, 8-syllable feel compared to triṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सिनीवालि पृथुष्टुके या देवानामसि स्वसा । जुषस्व हव्यमाहुतं प्रजां देवि दिदिड्ढि नः ॥
Transliteration
sinīvāli pṛ́thu-stuke yā́ devā́nām ási svásā | júṣasva havýam ā́hutam prajā́ṃ devi didiḍḍhi naḥ ||
Translation
हे सिनीवाली, विस्तीर्ण स्तुतीस पात्र, देवांची स्वसा (बहिण) असणारी—अग्नीत अर्पिलेल्या हव्याचा स्वीकार कर. हे देवी, आमच्यात प्रजा-शक्ती दृढ कर; ती निर्माण करून स्थापन कर.
Word by Word
सिनीवालिO Sinīvālī (goddess)
सिनीवालि:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootसिनीवालि- (प्रातिपदिक; देवी-नाम)
पृथुष्टुकेO broad-praised / richly-lauded one
पृथुष्टुके:
सम्बोधन (epithet of the addressed deity)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootपृथु- + स्तुक- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासार्थ: ‘broad/abundant praise’)
याwho
या:
कर्तृ (of असि)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव- (प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
क्रिया (copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
स्वसा(their) sister
स्वसा:
प्रथमा-समानााधिकरण (predicate nominative with असि)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वसृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वtake pleasure in / accept graciously
जुषस्व:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु)
हव्यम्the oblation (what is to be offered)
हव्यम्:
कर्म (object of जुषस्व)
TypeNoun
Rootहव्य- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be invoked/offered’)
आहुतम्offered / poured in (as an offering)
आहुतम्:
कर्म (qualifier of the object)
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootआ-हू (धातु) → आहुत (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
प्रजाम्offspring / progeny
प्रजाम्:
कर्म (object of दिदिड्ढि)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा- (प्रातिपदिक)
देविO goddess
देवि:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी- (प्रातिपदिक)
दिदिड्ढिgrant / bestow
दिदिड्ढि:
क्रिया (imperative)
TypeVerb
Rootदिश् (धातु) (Vedic: reduplicated imperative; sense ‘bestow/assign/direct’)
नःto us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (recipient; ‘to us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
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