Rig Veda 2.41.18: Mandala 2, Sukta 41, Mantra 18
Sukta 2.41
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; long flowing praise typical for Sarasvatī verses)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इमा ब्रह्म सरस्वति जुषस्व वाजिनीवति । या ते मन्म गृत्समदा ऋतावरि प्रिया देवेषु जुह्वति ॥
Transliteration
imā́ bráhma sarasvati juṣásva vājinīvati | yā́ te mánma gṛ́tsa-madā ṛta-vari priyā́ devéṣu júhvati ||
Translation
萨拉斯瓦蒂啊，富于胜力与丰盈者，请悦纳这些梵言（brahman）。那由格里察玛达（Gṛtsamada）献与你的心念（manman），噢，择取真理（ṛta）者，诸神中所爱者，正如祭酌般倾注，奉入诸神明之中。
Word by Word
इमाःthese (hymns/utterances)
इमाः:
कर्म (जुषस्व इति क्रियायाः)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ब्रह्मsacred utterance; hymn
ब्रह्म:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सरस्वतिO Sarasvatī
सरस्वति:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper) / Deity-name
Rootसरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
जुषस्वenjoy; accept graciously
जुषस्व:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु)
वाजिनीवतिO possessor of prize-winning power (rich in strength/steeds)
वाजिनीवति:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootवाजिनीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; वाजिन् + -वत्)
याwho (she)
या:
कर्तृ (जुह्वति इति क्रियायाः)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेthy; of you
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मन्मthought; intention; hymn-thought
मन्म:
कर्तृ-विशेषण/सम्बन्ध (यायाḥ प्रिया इति)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
गृत्समदाःthe Gṛtsamada-s (Gṛtsamada’s people/poets)
गृत्समदाः:
कर्तृ (जुह्वति इति क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun (proper, patronymic/group) / Adjective
Rootगृत्समद (ऋषि-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)
ऋतावरिO guardian/possessor of ṛta (cosmic order)
ऋतावरि:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootऋतावरी (प्रातिपदिक; ऋत + आवरी)
प्रियाdear; beloved
प्रिया:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (या इति सर्वनाम्नः)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
जुह्वतिoffers; pours as oblation
जुह्वति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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