Rig Veda 5.87.1: Mandala 5, Sukta 87, Mantra 1

Sukta 5.87

Devata: Maruts (with Vishnu as associated power)

Chandas: Trishtubh (likely; typical for Marut hymns—needs syllable verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र वो महे मतयो यन्तु विष्णवे मरुत्वते गिरिजा एवयामरुत् । प्र शर्धाय प्रयज्यवे सुखादये तवसे भन्ददिष्टये धुनिव्रताय शवसे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.87.1

Transliteration

prá vo mahé matáyo yantu víṣṇave marútvate giri-jā́ evayā́marut | prá śárdhāya práyajyave sukhā́daye távase bhandád-iṣṭaye dhúni-vratāya śávase ||

Translation

Forward may your great thought-forces go to Vishnu who is with the Maruts, O Maruts born of the mountain-might. Forward to the host that is fit for sacrifice, to the power that gives glad ease, to the strong one who loves the blissful offering; to the force whose law is the thunderous surge, to the might of effective energy.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sampradāna (possessor/related-to)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• महे: to the great (one)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्

• मतयः: thoughts, hymns, inspirations
• मतयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति-

• यन्तु: let (them) go
• यन्तु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (गत्यर्थः)

• विष्णवे: to Viṣṇu
• विष्णवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: विष्णु-

• मरुत्वते: to the Marut-possessing / accompanied by the Maruts
• मरुत्वते: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मरुत्वन्त्

• गिरिजाः: mountain-born (ones)
• गिरिजाः: Kartā (apposition to मतयः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: गिरिजा-

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अयामरुत्: Ayāmarut (a Vedic epithet/name; ‘having/being Marut-like’)
• अयामरुत्: Adhikaraṇa/Viśeṣaṇa (epithet in apposition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अयामरुत् (prātipadika; Vedic epithet)

• प्र: forth
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• शर्धाय: to the troop, host
• शर्धाय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्धा-

• प्रयज्यवे: to the worship-worthy
• प्रयज्यवे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (verbal)
• Root: प्र-यज्य- (from √यज्; ‘fit to be worshipped’)

• सुखादये: to the giver of ease/comfort
• सुखादये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुखादि- (prātipadika)

• तवसे: to the strong one / to strength
• तवसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: तवस्-

• भन्ददिष्टये: for bestowing bounty/benefit (lit. ‘best gift/boon’)
• भन्ददिष्टये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: भन्ददिष्टि- (prātipadika; Vedic)

• धुनिव्रताय: to him whose ordinance is roaring/shaking
• धुनिव्रताय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धुनिव्रत-

• शवसे: to might, to power
• शवसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस्-