Rig Veda 5.42.6: Mandala 5, Sukta 42, Mantra 6
Sukta 5.42
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya tradition) — traditional attribution for RV 5.42
Devata: Indra with Maruts (Indra-Marutvant)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मरुत्वतो अप्रतीतस्य जिष्णोरजूर्यतः प्र ब्रवामा कृतानि । न ते पूर्वे मघवन्नापरासो न वीर्यं नूतनः कश्चनाप ॥
Transliteration
marútvato ápratītasya jiṣṇór ájūryataḥ prá bravāma kṛtā́ni | ná te pū́rve maghavan nā́parāso ná vī́ryaṃ nū́tanaḥ káś canā́pa ||
Translation
मरुत्वतोऽप्रतितस्य जिष्णोरजूर्यतः कृतानि कर्माणि वयं प्रब्रवीमः। न ते पूर्वे मघवन्नापरासो न वीर्यं नूतनः कश्चनाप।
Word by Word
मरुत्वतःof the Marut-possessing (one); accompanied by the Maruts
मरुत्वतः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootमरुत्वत् (प्रातिपदिक; मरुत् + वत्)
अप्रतीतस्यof the unappeased / not satisfied
अप्रतीतस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रतीत (प्रातिपदिक; √प्रि/√प्रा-इ? ‘to satisfy/please’ → प्रतीत ‘pleased/accepted’; with negation)
जिष्णोःof the victorious (one)
जिष्णोः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootजिष्णु (प्रातिपदिक; from √जि ‘to conquer’)
अजूर्यतःof the unaging / undecaying
अजूर्यतः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-जूर्यत् (प्रातिपदिक; from √जुर्/√जॄ ‘to age, wear out’ with negation)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
ब्रवामwe two speak / proclaim
ब्रवाम:
कर्तृ (speaker)
TypeVerb
Root√ब्रू (to speak)
कृतानिthe deeds; the accomplished acts
कृतानि:
कर्म (object of speaking)
TypeParticiple (used as noun/adj.)
Rootकृत (PPP of √कृ ‘to do, make’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध)
तेof you
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्वेthe former ones; earlier (men/poets)
पूर्वे:
कर्तृ (of implied comparison)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet ‘bountiful’, esp. Indra)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध)
अपरासःthe later ones; those after
अपरासः:
कर्तृ (of implied comparison)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध)
वीर्यम्heroic power; valor
वीर्यम्:
कर्म/विषय (that which is matched/attained)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक; from वीर)
नूतनःa new one; a later (person)
नूतनः:
कर्तृ (of implied comparison)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootनूतन (प्रातिपदिक)
कश्चनanyone at all
कश्चन:
कर्तृ (of implied comparison)
TypePronoun (indefinite)
Rootक (प्रश्न/अनिश्चित) + चन (अनिश्चित-प्रत्यय)
आपhas attained / reached (i.e., matched)
आप:
क्रिया (predicate: ‘attained/matched’)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (Vedic injunctive/aorist of √आप् ‘to reach, attain’)
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