Rig Veda 1.46.11 — Mandala 1, Sukta 46, Mantra 11

Sukta 1.46

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva-pravara; Kaṇvas)

Devata: Aśvinau (as facilitators of right movement on the Ṛta-path; heaven-path imagery)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभूदु पारमेतवे पन्था ऋतस्य साधुया । अदर्शि वि स्रुतिर्दिवः ॥

Transliteration

abhūd u pā́ram étave pánthā ṛtásya sā́dhuyā́ | ádarśi ví srútiḥ diváḥ ||

Translation

Maka terbentuklah jalan untuk menyeberang melampaui—jalan Ṛta yang baik-langkah; dan tampak jelas alur yang mengalir dari langit, suatu lintasan yang dibukakan bagi pendakian.

Word by Word

• अभूत्: became; came to be
• अभूत्: (क्रिया) मुख्य क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (भवति)

• उ: indeed; surely
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• पारम्: to the far side; the farther shore
• पारम्: कर्म (गत्यर्थे लक्ष्य/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार (प्रातिपदिक; ‘far shore/other side’)

• एतवे: to go; to reach
• एतवे: प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य (क्रियार्थ)
• Type: Verb (Infinitive)
• Root: √इ (एति) → infinitive-stem एतव्

• पन्थाः: the path
• पन्थाः: कर्तृ (अभूत् इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्थन् (प्रातिपदिक ‘path’)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (पन्थाः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक ‘ṛta, cosmic order/truth’)

• साधुया: by a straight/right way; rightly
• साधुया: करण/रीति (मार्गस्य ‘by/with rightness; in a straight way’)
• Type: Adjective (used adverbially/instrumentally)
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक ‘straight, right, good’)

• अदर्शि: was seen; appeared
• अदर्शि: (क्रिया) मुख्य क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (पश्यति) → aorist passive

• वि: apart; forth; clearly
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि

• स्रुतिः: the course/track; the way; the stream-course
• स्रुतिः: कर्तृ (अदर्शि इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रुति (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्रु ‘to flow’ → ‘flowing, course, track’)

• दिवः: of heaven; of the sky
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (स्रुतिः इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक ‘sky, heaven, day’)