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Rig Veda 6.49.11: Mandala 6, Sukta 49, Mantra 11

Sukta 6.49

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (assumed)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (probable)

आ युवानः कवयो यज्ञियासो मरुतो गन्त गृणतो वरस्याम् । अचित्रं चिद्धि जिन्वथा वृधन्त इत्था नक्षन्तो नरो अङ्गिरस्वत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.49.11

ā́ yúvānaḥ kavayo yajñiyā́so máruto gántá gṛṇató varasyā́m | acitrám cíd dhi jínvathā vṛdhánta itthā́ nákṣanto naro aṅgirasvát ||

Come, O Maruts—young, seer-like, worthy of the offering—come to the excellent call of the singer. For you quicken even what is without light; you increase it, and thus you attain your goal, O heroic men, in the manner of the Angirases.

hither, towards
:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
युवानःyoung, youthful
युवानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootयुवन् (prātipadika)
कवयःseers, poets
कवयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (prātipadika)
यज्ञियासःworthy of sacrifice, to be worshipped
यज्ञियासः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्ञिय (prātipadika)
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (prātipadika)
गन्तgo, come
गन्त:
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (dhātu)
गृणतःof the praising one / of him who sings
गृणतः:
TypeVerb
Rootगृ (गृण्) / गृणाति (dhātu) → गृणत् (present participle)
वस्याम्to (his) better/favour, to (his) good will
वस्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootवस्य (comparative adj. from वसु/वस् ‘good, excellent’)
अचित्रम्not wondrous, unadorned; (even) plain
अचित्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-चित्र (prātipadika)
चित्even
चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (particle)
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (particle)
जिन्वथyou invigorate, you quicken
जिन्वथ:
TypeVerb
Rootजिव्/जिन्व् (dhātu) ‘to set in motion, to quicken, to invigorate’
वृधन्तःgrowing, increasing
वृधन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (dhātu) → वृधन्त् (present participle)
इत्थाthus, in this way
इत्था:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्था (indeclinable)
नक्षन्तःreaching, attaining
नक्षन्तः:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (dhātu) ‘to reach, attain’ → नक्षन्त् (present participle)
नरःmen, heroes
नरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनर (prātipadika)
अङ्गिरस्वत्having the nature of the Aṅgirases; Aṅgiras-like
अङ्गिरस्वत्:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअङ्गिरस् + वत् (possessive suffix)

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