Rig Veda 7.56.1: Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 1

Sukta 7.56

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 7.56, Marut hymns in Book 7)

Devata: Maruts (Rudra’s youthful host)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (common for Marut hymns; verse-level verification needed)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

क ईं व्यक्ता नरः सनीळा रुद्रस्य मर्या अध स्वश्वाः ॥

Transliteration

ká īṁ vyàktā nárāḥ sánīḷā rudrásya máryā ádha sváśvāḥ ||

Translation

Quem são, pois, essas potências manifestas, os varões heróicos de Rudra, que moram juntos num só ninho, agora com seus próprios corcéis velozes? Quem são os que avançam como uma única força?

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Word by Word

• कः: who? (which one?)
• कः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (किम्-प्रातिपदिक) / कः (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईम्: indeed; just; emphatic particle
• ईम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ईम् (निपात)

• व्यक्ताः: manifest; clearly seen (ones)
• व्यक्ताः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: व्यक्त (वि+अञ्ज्/व्यञ्ज् ‘to make manifest’ → व्यक्त ‘manifest’)

• नरः: men; heroes
• नरः: Kartā (apposition to व्यक्ताः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सनीळाः: having a common nest/abode; dwelling together
• सनीळाः: Kartā (qualifier of नरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-नीळ (समास: स ‘with’ + नीळ ‘nest/abode’)

• रुद्रस्य: of Rudra
• रुद्रस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: रुद्र (देवनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मर्याः: young men; warriors
• मर्याः: Kartā (apposition: ‘the young men/warriors’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध: then; now; moreover
• अध: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अध (निपात)

• स्वश्वाः: having good horses; well-horsed
• स्वश्वाः: Kartā (qualifier/apposition to मर्याः)
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa-like, used substantively)
• Root: स्व-अश्व (समास: स्व ‘good/own’ + अश्व ‘horse’)