Rig Veda 2.34.5: Mandala 2, Sukta 34, Mantra 5

Sukta 2.34

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्धन्वभिर्धेनुभी रप्शदूधभिरध्वस्मभिः पथिभिर्भ्राजदृष्टयः । आ हंसासो न स्वसराणि गन्तन मधोर्मदाय मरुतः समन्यवः ॥

Transliteration

índhanvabhir dhenúbhī rapśádūdhābhir adhvasmábhiḥ pathíbhiḥ bhrā́jad-ṛṣṭayaḥ | ā́ haṃsā́so ná svásarāṇi gantana mádhor mádāya marutaḥ sa-manyavaḥ ||

Translation

With kindling forces, with nourishing streams that have strong udders, on the paths of the journey, with spears that blaze, come—like swans to their waters—O Maruts of one ardor, for the ecstasy of the honeyed sweetness.

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• इन्धन्वभिः: with kindling/igniting (forces), with inflaming aids
• इन्धन्वभिः: करण
• Type: Noun (instrumental plural; compound) / Adjective-like epithet
• Root: इन्धनु (प्रातिपदिक; इन्ध् ‘प्रदीपने/दीप्तौ’ से) + अभि (उपसर्ग) → इन्धन्व-

• धेनुभिः: with milch-cows (i.e., nourishing streams)
• धेनुभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक) संभवतः √धेन/√धि ‘दुग्ध-प्रवाह’ (परंपरागत)

• रप्शदूधभिः: with sharp/strong udders (i.e., with vigorous sources of milk/strength)
• रप्शदूधभिः: करण
• Type: Adjective + Noun (compound) used as instrumental plural
• Root: रप्शद्- (विशेषण; ‘तीक्ष्ण/कठोर’) + ऊधस्/ऊधन् (प्रातिपदिक ‘थन/उदर’) → ऊधभि- (तृतीया बहु)

• अध्वस्मभिः: with road-dusts / with the dust of the way
• अध्वस्मभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘धूलि/मार्ग-धूल’)

• पथिभिः: with paths/ways
• पथिभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पथ’)

• भ्राजदृष्टयः: whose spears/visions are shining; shining-lanced
• भ्राजदृष्टयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi-like epithet) / Noun-compound
• Root: √भ्राज् ‘दीप्तौ’ (वर्तमान कृदन्त ‘भ्राजत्/भ्राजद्’) + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक ‘दृष्टि/किरण/भाला-दृष्टि’)

• आ: hither, forth (towards)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• हंसासः: swans
• हंसासः: कर्तृ (उपमान-कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (उपमा-निपात)

• स्वस॑राणि: (their) sisters
• स्वस॑राणि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वसर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘बहिन/बहन’), यहाँ ‘स्वस॑र’

• गन्तन: come, go (hither)!
• गन्तन: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् ‘गत्यर्थे’

• मधोः: of honey/sweet drink (mead, soma-sweetness)
• मधोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

• मदाय: for exhilaration/intoxication
• मदाय: सम्प्रदान (उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मद/उन्माद/हर्ष’)

• मरुतः: the Maruts (storm-gods)
• मरुतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• समन्यवः: of united ardour/with common fury; unanimous in impulse
• समन्यवः: कर्तृ (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक ‘क्रोध/उत्साह/आवेग’) → समन्यु-