Rig Veda 1.86.6 — Mandala 1, Sukta 86, Mantra 6

Sukta 1.86

Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional)

Devata: Marutaḥ

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

पूर्वीभिर्हि ददाशिम शरद्भिर्मरुतो वयम् । अवोभिश्चर्षणीनाम् ॥

Transliteration

pūrvī́bhir hí dadāśimá śarádbhīr maruto vayám | ávobhiś carṣaṇīnā́m ||

Translation

For with many former seasons, O Maruts, we have given ourselves (to the work); and by your protections you uphold the peoples—the human powers that strive.

Word by Word

• पूर्वीभिः: with the former/earlier (years)
• पूर्वीभिः: करण (instrumental: ‘by/with’) / सहकारक
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *per- ‘before, forward’

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• ददाशिम: I have given
• ददाशिम: क्रिया (कर्तृ: अहम् निहितः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने) धातु; परस्मैपद

• शरद्भिः: with years (autumns)
• शरद्भिः: करण (instrumental: ‘with/through years’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘autumn; year’

• मरुतः: O Maruts
• मरुतः: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (deity-name)
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अवोभिः: with protections/aids
• अवोभिः: करण (instrumental: ‘with helps/protections’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्/अवः (प्रातिपदिक) ‘help, protection, favor’

• चर्षणीनाम्: of the peoples (of men)
• चर्षणीनाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्षणी (प्रातिपदिक) ‘men, peoples’