Rig Veda 7.59.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 59, Mantra 11
Sukta 7.59
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; needs confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इहेह वः स्वतवसः कवयः सूर्यत्वचः । यज्ञं मरुत आ वृणे ॥
Transliteration
ihéhá vaḥ svatavasaḥ kávayaḥ sū́ryatvacaḥ | yajñáṃ maruta ā́ vṛṇe ||
Translation
Here, here I choose you for the sacrifice, O Maruts—self-strong, seer-powers with the Sun as your luminous skin.
Word by Word
इहhere
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere (indeed/again)
इह:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you (your)
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वतवसःself-strong, of their own might
स्वतवसः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्—कवयः)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वतवस् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व- + तवस् ‘बल’)
कवयःseers, poets
कवयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक)
सूर्यत्वचःsun-skinned, having the sun as (their) covering/skin
सूर्यत्वचः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्—कवयः)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूर्यत्वच् (प्रातिपदिक; सूर्य + त्वच् ‘त्वचा/आवरण’)
यज्ञम्the sacrifice
यज्ञम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, hither (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृणेI choose, I select (I invite)
वृणे:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = अहम्; कर्म = यज्ञम्)
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृञ्) ‘वरणे/चयन’
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Chanting Notes
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