Rig Veda 8.46.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 17

Sukta 8.46

Devata: Indra with Maruts (Indra as primary, Maruts as associated powers)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

महः सु वो अरमिषे स्तवामहे मीळ्हुषे अरंगमाय जग्मये । यज्ञेभिर्गीर्भिर्विश्वमनुषां मरुतामियक्षसि गाये त्वा नमसा गिरा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.46.17

Transliteration

maháḥ su vo áram iṣé stavāmahe mīḷhúṣe araṃgamā́ya jágmaye | yajñébhir gī́rbhir viśvámanuṣāṃ marútām iyákṣasi gā́ye tvā námasā girā́ ||

Translation

For the great, for your well-being and increase, we affirm you with praise—bountiful one, ready to come, who has arrived. By sacrifices and by inspired songs you foster the universal human striving; you further the Maruts: I sing to you with homage and with the mantra-utterance.

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Word by Word

• म॒हः: of the great (one); of greatness
• म॒हः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सु: well; indeed
• सु: विशेषण-निपात (intensifier/qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय)

• वः: of you; your
• वः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अरम्: properly; sufficiently; fittingly
• अरम्: क्रियाविशेषण (manner/fitness)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अरम् (अव्यय)

• इषे: I seek; I desire
• इषे: कर्तृ (speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु) / इष्- (इष्टि/इष् ‘to seek, to desire’)

• स्तवामहे: we praise
• स्तवामहे: कर्तृ (we as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)

• मीळ्हुषे: to the bountiful one (giver)
• मीळ्हुषे: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: मीळ्हु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful/giver’, epithet)

• अरंगमाय: to the swift-going/ready one
• अरंगमाय: सम्प्रदान (recipient; in apposition)
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: अरंगम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift-going/ready-going’, epithet)

• जग्मये: to the goer/arriver
• जग्मये: सम्प्रदान (recipient; in apposition)
• Type: Kṛdanta (participle used as noun/epithet)
• Root: गम् (धातु) → जग्मि/जग्म (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘one who has gone/comes’)

• यज्ञेभिः: with sacrifices
• यज्ञेभिः: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

• गीर्भिः: with hymns/songs
• गीर्भिः: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘song, hymn’)

• विश्वम्: all; the whole (of it)
• विश्वम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Adjective (substantive)
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुषाम्: in due order; successively
• अनुषाम्: क्रियाविशेषण (manner)
• Type: Adverbial noun/indeclinable-like form
• Root: अनु (उपसर्ग) + शा/शास् (धातु) → अनुशा/अनुषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘following, in due order’; RV usage)

• मरुताम्: of the Maruts
• मरुताम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इयक्षसि: you worship; you sacrifice
• इयक्षसि: कर्तृ (you as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)

• गाये: sing!
• गाये: कर्तृ (you as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गै/गा (धातु ‘to sing’)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• नमसा: with reverence; with homage
• नमसा: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गिरा: with a hymn/voice
• गिरा: करण (instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘voice, hymn’)