Rig Veda 1.37.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 37, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.37
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
को वो वर्षिष्ठ आ नरो दिवश्च ग्मश्च धूतयः । यत्सीमन्तं न धूनुथ ॥
Transliteration
kó vo várṣiṣṭha ā́ naro diváś ca gmáś ca dhūtayaḥ | yát sīm ántaṃ ná dhūnutha ||
Translation
ஓ நரரே (மருத-கணத்தின் வீரர்களே)! உங்களில் யார் மிக வல்லவன்—வானத்திலிருந்தும் பூமியின் பாதைகளிலிருந்தும் வந்தவர்களே—நீங்கள் எல்லைகளை ஒன்றுமில்லாததுபோல் குலுக்கும்போது?
Word by Word
कःwho?
कः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootक (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / your
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
वर्षिष्ठःthe most excellent / best
वर्षिष्ठः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्षिष्ठ (वृध्/वृष्-सम्बद्धः; ‘श्रेष्ठ/अतिशय’ अर्थे)
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ
नरःmen / heroes
नरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनर
दिवःfrom heaven / of heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
ग्मःcome / arriving
ग्मः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participle-like)
Rootग्म (गम्-धातोः क्त/कृदन्त-आधारः; ‘गत/आगत’ अर्थे)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
धूतयःthe shaking ones / stormers (Maruts)
धूतयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootधूति
यत्which / that (which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
सीम्indeed, just, them
सीम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (enclitic particle)
Rootसीम्
अन्तम्end, boundary, limit
अन्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
धूनुथyou shake / you cause to shake
धूनुथ:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootधू (धूनु)
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