Rig Veda 1.39.1: Mandala 1, Sukta 39, Mantra 1
Sukta 1.39
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kāṇva lineage; traditional attribution)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; needs verse-scan confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र यदित्था परावतः शोचिर्न मानमस्यथ । कस्य क्रत्वा मरुतः कस्य वर्पसा कं याथ कं ह धूतयः ॥
Transliteration
prá yád itthā̀ parāvátaḥ śócīr ná mānám ásyatha | kásya krátvā marutaḥ kásya várpasā káṃ yātha káṃ ha dhūtayaḥ ||
Translation
When you surge forth thus from the far spaces, like a flame you cast your might into motion—by whose will, O Maruts, by whose radiant form do you go? whom do you seek, O shakers of the worlds?
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
यदिif
यदि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
इत्थाthus, in this way
इत्था:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्था
परावतःfrom afar, from a distant place
परावतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपरावत् (prātipadika)
शोचिःflame, blaze, radiance
शोचिः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशोचिस् (prātipadika)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मानम्measure; (by extension) standard, magnitude
मानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमान (prātipadika)
अस्यथyou throw, cast, hurl
अस्यथ:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootअस्/अस्य (dhātu: अस्यति)
कस्यof whom? of which?
कस्य:
—
TypePronoun
Rootक (interrogative pronominal stem)
क्रत्वाby what resolve/power/plan?
क्रत्वा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्रतु (prātipadika)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (prātipadika)
कस्यof whom? of which?
कस्य:
—
TypePronoun
Rootक (interrogative pronominal stem)
वर्पसाby what form/beauty/splendour?
वर्पसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवर्पस् (prātipadika)
कम्whom? which (one)?
कम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootक (interrogative pronominal stem)
याथyou go
याथ:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootया (dhātu)
कम्whom? which (one)?
कम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootक (interrogative pronominal stem)
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
धूतयःO shakers/stirrers (epithet of the Maruts)
धूतयः:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootधूति (prātipadika)
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