Rig Veda 2.41.15: Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Mantra 15

Sukta 2.41

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Maruts (with Indra as chief) and Viśve Devāḥ; Pūṣan invoked as the giver through the epithet

Chandas: Jagatī (probable family-hymn cadence; exact metrical count may vary by pada resolution)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

इन्द्रज्येष्ठा मरुद्गणा देवासः पूषरातयः । विश्वे मम श्रुता हवम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 2.41.15

Transliteration

índra-jyeṣṭhā márud-gaṇā devā́saḥ pū́ṣa-rātayaḥ | víśve máma śrutā́ hávam ||

Translation

Hỡi đoàn Marut lấy Indra làm bậc tối thượng, hỡi các thần ban sự sung mãn của Pūṣan—xin tất cả hãy lắng nghe lời khẩn cầu của ta.

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• इन्द्रज्येष्ठाः: whose chief is Indra / Indra-led
• इन्द्रज्येष्ठाः: Kartā (सम्बोधन/कर्तृ-समूहः; ‘they’ as subject)
• Type: Adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa compound used adjectivally)
• Root: इन्द्र- (देवनाम) + ज्येष्ठ- (प्रा. ‘श्रेष्ठ/ज्येष्ठ’)

• मरुद्गणाः: the troop(s) of Maruts
• मरुद्गणाः: Kartā (same subject-group)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: मरुत् (देवनाम) + गण (प्रा. ‘समूह’)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: Kartā (apposition to the same subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रा.)

• पूषरातयः: givers of gifts like Pūṣan / Pūṣan-like benefactors
• पूषरातयः: Kartā (apposition to the same subject)
• Type: Noun (compound; descriptive epithet)
• Root: पूषन् (देवनाम) + राति (प्रा. ‘दान/उपहार’)

• विश्वे: all (of you)
• विश्वे: Kartā (collective ‘all [of you]’ as subject)
• Type: Adjective used substantively
• Root: विश्व (प्रा. ‘सर्व’)

• मम: of me / my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रुताः: having heard / hear (ye)
• श्रुताः: Kartā (predicate adjective to the subject ‘you all’)
• Type: Participle (adjectival)
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)

• हवम्: the invocation / call
• हवम्: Karma (object of ‘heard’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव (प्रा. ‘आह्वान/हवन-आह्वान’)