Rig Veda 10.77.6: Mandala 10, Sukta 77, Mantra 6

Sukta 10.77

Devata: Maruts (also addressed as Vasus)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र यद्वहध्वे मरुतः पराकाद्यूयं महः संवरणस्य वस्वः । विदानासो वसवो राध्यस्याराच्चिद्द्वेषः सनुतर्युयोत ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 10.77.6

Transliteration

prá yád váhadhve marutaḥ parākā́d yūyáṃ maháḥ saṃ-váraṇasya vásvaḥ | vidā́nāso vasavo rā́dhyasy ārā́c cid dvéṣaḥ sanutár yuyota ||

Translation

Quando avançais trazendo desde longe, ó Maruts, vós sois as riquezas do grande envoltório que tudo abarca. Conhecendo o ganho justo, ó Vasus, afastai mesmo de longe o ódio, lançai-o para além do nosso caminho.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग)

• यत्: what, that which
• यत्: Karma (अर्थतः ‘यत्’ = ‘that which’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वहध्वे: you (pl.) carry/drive/bring
• वहध्वे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

• मरुतः: O Maruts
• मरुतः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पराकात्: from afar
• पराकात्: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पराक (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक ‘far away’)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• महः: of the great (one)/of greatness
• महः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्/महि (प्रातिपदिक)

• संवरणस्य: of the enclosure/covering
• संवरणस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवरण (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसवः: O Vasus (good ones/wealth-givers)
• वसवः: Sambodhana (address to the Maruts as Vasus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• विदानासः: knowing, wise
• विदानासः: Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण ‘वसवः’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद् (धातु) → विदान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• वसवः: the Vasus (Maruts)
• वसवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)

• राध्यस्य: of the bounty/to-be-won wealth
• राध्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: राध्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be won/attained’, also ‘bounty’ contextually)

• आरात्: from far away, at a distance
• आरात्: Adhikaraṇa (circumstantial: ‘at a distance’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आरात् (अव्यय)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)

• द्वेषः: hatred, hostility
• द्वेषः: Karma (युयोत—‘drive away hatred’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनुतरि: still farther away
• सनुतरि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सनुतरि (अव्यय; तुलनात्मक/दूरार्थक)

• युयोत: drive away, remove (you all)!
• युयोत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यु (धातु; वियोजन/अपसारणार्थ)