Rig Veda 1.167.2 — Mandala 1, Sukta 167, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.167

Rishi: Agastya (traditional)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नोऽवोभिर्मरुतो यान्त्वच्छा ज्येष्ठेभिर्वा बृहद्दिवैः सुमायाः । अध यदेषां नियुतः परमाः समुद्रस्य चिद्धनयन्त पारे ॥

Transliteration

ā́ no ’vóbhir marúto yā́ntv ácchā jyeṣṭhébhir vā bṛháddivaiḥ sumāyā́ḥ | ádha yád eṣāṃ niyútaḥ paramā́ḥ samudrásya cid dhánayanta pāré ||

Translation

Придите к нам, о Маруты, с вашими помощами — или со старшими, с великими, сияющими в небе, искусными в благом замысле. Ибо когда их высшие, впряжённые силы одолевают даже на дальнем берегу океана, тогда их мощь явлена: да придёт она сюда, для нашего пути.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• अवोभिः: with helps; with aids
• अवोभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (n.) ‘help, aid’

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (m.)

• यान्तु: let (them) come
• यान्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) ‘to go’

• अच्छा: towards; straight to
• अच्छा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (avyaya)

• ज्येष्ठेभिः: with the greatest/eldest (ones)
• ज्येष्ठेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (adj.) ‘eldest, greatest’

• वा: or
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (particle)

• बृहत्-दिवैः: with the lofty heavens
• बृहत्-दिवैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Compound (Adj+Noun)
• Root: बृहत् (adj.) + दिव्/द्यौ (f.) ‘sky, heaven’

• सु-मायाः: of good/wondrous powers
• सु-मायाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: सु (prefix) + माया (f.) ‘power, art, wondrous skill’

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

• यत्: when; that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• एषाम्: of these; of them
• एषाम्: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (pronoun)

• नियुतः: the teams/harnessings
• नियुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियुत् (f.) ‘yoking, team; (esp.) a team/harness’

• परमाः: farthest; highest
• परमाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (adj.) ‘farthest, highest’

• समुद्रस्य: of the ocean
• समुद्रस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (m.) ‘ocean; sea’

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

• धनयन्त: they won wealth; they made (one) rich
• धनयन्त: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धनय् (denom. from धन ‘wealth’) ‘to make rich; to win wealth’

• पारे: on the far shore; at the farther side
• पारे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार (n./m.) ‘far side, shore’