Rig Veda 7.56.18: Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 18
Sukta 7.56
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ वो होता जोहवीति सत्तः सत्राचीं रातिं मरुतो गृणानः । य ईवतो वृषणो अस्ति गोपाः सो अद्वयावी हवते व उक्थैः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ vo hótā johavīti sattáḥ satrā́cīṃ rātíṃ maruto gṛṇānā́ḥ | yá ī́vato vṛ́ṣaṇo ásti gopā́ḥ só advayāvī havate vo ukthaíḥ ||
Translation
आ वो होता जोहवीति सत्तः सत्राचीं रातिं मरुतो गृणानः । य ईवतो वृषणो अस्ति गोपाः सो अद्वयावी हवते व उक्थैः ॥
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वःto you / of you (you all)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
होताthe Hotṛ-priest
होता:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहोतृ (√हु ‘to sacrifice/offer’ से)
जोहवीतिkeeps calling/invokes
जोहवीति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे/√हू (Vedic: johavīti, intensive/iterative present)
सत्तःseated, settled (in the rite)
सत्तः:
Kartā (होता-विशेषण)
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Root√सद् (कृदन्त: सत्त ‘seated/settled’)
सत्राचीम्reaching to all/continuous (sacrificial)
सत्राचीम्:
Karma (रा॒तिम्-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्राचिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
रातिम्gift, bounty
रातिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराति (दान/उपहार)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत्
गृणानःpraising, singing
गृणानः:
Kartā (होता-विशेषण)
TypeParticiple
Root√गृ (स्तुति/गान) → गृणान (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā (उपवाक्य)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
ईवतःof the impetuous/active one
ईवतः:
Sambandha (वृषणः-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootईवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘impetuous/going swiftly’)
वृषणःthe mighty one
वृषणः:
Kartā (उपवाक्य)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन् (बलवान्/वीर्यवान्)
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
गोपाःprotector/guardian (of cattle)
गोपाः:
Kartā/Predicative (वृषणः…गोपाः)
TypeNoun
Rootगोपा (गो + √पा ‘to protect’)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
अद्वयावीundivided, without double-dealing
अद्वयावी:
Kartā (सः-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्वयाविन्/अद्वयावी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘without duplicity/undivided’)
हवतेcalls, invokes
हवते:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वे (आह्वान)
वःyou (all)
वः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
उक्थैःwith hymns/recitations
उक्थैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (स्तुति/शस्त्र)
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Vedic Cosmology
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