Rig Veda 1.39.1 - Mandala 1, Sukta 39, Mantra 1

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Rig Veda 1.39.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 39, Mantra 1

Sukta 1.39

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva lineage; traditional attribution)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs verse-scan confirmation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र यदित्था परावतः शोचिर्न मानमस्यथ । कस्य क्रत्वा मरुतः कस्य वर्पसा कं याथ कं ह धूतयः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.39.1

Transliteration

prá yád itthā̀ parāvátaḥ śócīr ná mānám ásyatha | kásya krátvā marutaḥ kásya várpasā káṃ yātha káṃ ha dhūtayaḥ ||

Translation

ଯେତେବେଳେ ତୁମେ ଏଭଳି ଦୂର ପରାବତରୁ ବେଗେ ଆଗେଇ ଆସ, ତେବେ ଜ୍ୱାଳା ପରି ତୁମର ଶୋଚିଃ (ତେଜ) ଓ ମାନ (ପରାକ୍ରମ) ଚଳିତ ହୁଏ। ହେ ମରୁତମାନେ, କାହାର କ୍ରତୁ (ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପ/ଇଚ୍ଛାଶକ୍ତି)ରେ, କାହାର ବର୍ପସା (ଦୀପ୍ତ ରୂପ)ରେ ତୁମେ ଗମନ କର? ହେ ଧୂତୟଃ (ଜଗତକୁ କମ୍ପାଇବାଳେ), ତୁମେ କାହାକୁ ଖୋଜି ଯାଉଛ?

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

यदिif

इत्थाthus, in this way

परावतःfrom afar, from a distant place

शोचिःflame, blaze, radiance

नlike, as

मानम्measure; (by extension) standard, magnitude

अस्यथyou throw, cast, hurl

कस्यof whom? of which?

क्रत्वाby what resolve/power/plan?

मरुतःO Maruts

कस्यof whom? of which?

वर्पसाby what form/beauty/splendour?

कम्whom? which (one)?

याथyou go

कम्whom? which (one)?

हindeed, surely

धूतयःO shakers/stirrers (epithet of the Maruts)

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