Rig Veda 7.56.14: Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 14
Sukta 7.56
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Marutaḥ
Chandas: Jagatī (likely; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र बुध्न्या व ईरते महांसि प्र नामानि प्रयज्यवस्तिरध्वम् । सहस्रियं दम्यं भागमेतं गृहमेधीयं मरुतो जुषध्वम् ॥
Transliteration
prá budhnyā́ va īrate mahā́ṃsi prá nā́māni prayajyavas tirádhvam | sahasríyaṃ dámyam bhā́gam etáṃ gṛhamedhī́yaṃ maruto juṣadhvam ||
Translation
प्र बुध्न्याः वः महांसि ईरते; प्र नामानि प्रयज्यवस्तिः अध्वम्। मरुतः, एतं सहस्रियम् दम्यं भागम्, गृहमেধीयं गृहं जुषध्वम्।
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
बुध्न्याःthe Budhnyas (a class/epithet of Maruts; ‘of the depths’)
बुध्न्याः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootबुध्न्य- (प्रातिपदिक; from बुध्न ‘bottom, depth’ + -य)
वःof you, your
वः:
Sampradāna (possessive/relational)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun)
ईरतेare set in motion, arise
ईरते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootईर् (धातु; īr ‘to set in motion, to rise’)
महांसिgreat (deeds/forces)
महांसि:
Kartā (with ईरते) / or apposition to बुध्न्याः
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootमहत् (adj. stem; neuter plural form)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
नामानिnames
नामानि:
Karma (with implied ‘to proclaim’) / or Kartā with implied verb
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रयज्यवःyou who are devoted to/ready for offerings
प्रयज्यवः:
Kartā (addressing Maruts) / apposition
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootप्र-यज्यवस्- (प्रातिपदिक; from √यज् ‘to worship/sacrifice’ with preverb प्र-; ‘fit for/engaged in offering’)
तिरध्वम्hide (it), put (it) aside / cover over
तिरध्वम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootतिरस् (avyaya) + √धा/ध्वा? (here: verbal form from √धा ‘to place’ with तिरस् → ‘to put aside/cover’; Vedic idiom तिरध्वम्)
सहस्रियम्thousandfold, of a thousand (value)
सहस्रियम्:
Karma (object of जुषध्वम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्रिय- (adj. from सहस्र ‘thousand’)
दम्यम्to be tamed/controlled; strong, masterful
दम्यम्:
Karma (qualifier of भागम्) / Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदम्य- (adj.; from √दम् ‘to tame, subdue’)
भागम्share, portion
भागम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभाग- (प्रातिपदिक)
एतम्this
एतम्:
Karma (determiner of भागम्)
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (pronoun)
गृहमेधीयम्belonging to the household sacrifice; domestic-ritual
गृहमेधीयम्:
Karma (qualifier of भागम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootगृहमेधीय- (adj.; from गृहमेध ‘household sacrifice/householder rite’)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषध्वम्enjoy, accept, favor
जुषध्वम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√जुष् (धातु; juṣ ‘to enjoy, favor, accept’)
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