Rig Veda 1.37.4

Addressed to: The Maruts

Group: Hymns of Kanva

Text (Devanagari)

1.37.4

प्र वः॒ शर्धा॑य॒ घृष्व॑ये त्वे॒षद्यु॑म्नाय शु॒ष्मिणे॑

दे॒वत्तं॒ ब्रह्म॑ गायत

Text (Roman)

1.37.4

prá vaḥ śárdhāya ghŕ̥ṣvaye

tveṣádyumnāya śuṣmíṇe

deváttam bráhma gāyata

Padapāṭha

1.37.4

nominal stemSGNACC

from bráhman-

brahma : m. a priest (see asura-, ku-, mahābr°)

brahma : n. the one self-existent Spirit, the Absolute, [R.]

brahma : in comp. for brahman. — Observe that in the following derivatives the nom. n. (Brahmă) is used for the impersonal Spirit and the nom. m. (Brahmā) for the personal god.

brahman : bráhman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]

brahman : the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [Pur.]

brahman : the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, [Mn. iv, 100]

brahman : the sacred syllable Om, [Prab.], Sch., (cf. [Mn. ii, 83])

brahman : religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c.), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [R.]

brahman : holy life (esp. continence, chastity; cf. brahma-carya), [Śak. i, 24/25]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.]

brahman : (exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmă or one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return), the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha, prathama-já, svayám-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, śāśvata; and = paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 9, 83] &c.)

brahman : bráhman n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]

brahman : food, [Naigh. ii, 7]

brahman : wealth, [ib.] [10]

brahman : final emancipation, [L.]

brahman : (brahmán), m. one who prays, a devout or religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge, [RV.] &c. &c.

brahman : [cf. Lat., flāmen]

brahman : N. of Bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods), [RV. x, 141, 3]

brahman : one of the 4 principal priests or Ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu and Udgātṛ; the Brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the sacrifice and to set right mistakes; at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda), [RV.] &c. &c.

brahman : Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati, q.v.; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India See [RTL. 555] &c.; his wife is Sarasvatī, [ib.] [48]), [TBr.] &c. &c.

brahman : = brahmaṇa āyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā, [Pañcar.]

brahman : an inhabitant of Brahmā's heaven, [Jātakam.]

brahman : the sun, [L.]

brahman : N. of Śiva, [Prab.], Sch.

brahman : the Veda (?), [PārGṛ.]

brahman : the intellect (= buddhi), [Tattvas.]

brahman : N. of a star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.]

brahman : a partic. astron. Yoga, [L.]

brahman : N. of the 9th Muhūrta, [L.]

brahman : (with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa, [Dharmaś.]

brahman : N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]

brahman : of a magician, [Rājat.]

🔎 bráhma 🔎 bráhman-

| gāyata

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon

English Translation by Griffith

1.37.4

Now sing ye forth the God-given hymn to your exultant Marut host, The fiercely-vigorous, the strong.

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Grammatical analysis

Source index	Surface	Lemma	Information
1.37.4	prá pra : prá ind. before pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40]) pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c. pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.] pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-) pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-). 🔎 prá	prá pra : prá ind. before pra : forward, in front, on, forth (mostly in connection with a verb, esp. with a verb of motion which is often to be supplied; sometimes repeated before the verb, cf. [Pāṇ. viii, 1, 6]; rarely as a separate word, e.g. [AitBr. ii, 40]) pra : as a prefix to subst. = forth, away, cf. pra-vṛtti, pra-sthāna pra : as prefix to adj. = excessively, very, much, cf. pra-caṇḍa, pra-matta pra : in nouns of relationship = great- cf. pra-pitāmaha, pra-pautra pra : (according to native lexicographers it may be used in the senses of gati, ā-rambha, ut-karṣa, sarvato-bhāva, prāthamya, khyāti, ut-patti, vy-avahāra), [RV.]; &c. pra : [cf. puras, purā, pūrva; Zd. fra; Gk. πρό; Lat. pro; Slav. pra-, pro-; Lith. pra-; Goth. faúr, faúra; Germ. vor; Eng. fore.] pra : mfn. (√ pṝ or prā) filling, fulfilling pra : (n. fulfilment ifc.; cf. ākūti-, kakṣya-, kāma-) pra : like, resembling (ifc.; cf. ikṣu-, kṣura-). 🔎 prá	invariablelocal particle:LP
1.37.4	vaḥ 🔎 vaḥ	tvám 🔎 tvám	pronounPLGEN
1.37.4	śárdhāya 🔎 śárdhāya	śárdha- śardha : śárdha mfn. (√ śṛdh) defiant, bold (orig. ‘breaking wind against another’), [RV.] śardha : śárdha m. breaking wind, flatulence, [Vop.] śardha : a (defiant or bold) host, troop (esp. the host of the Maruts), [RV.] śardha : &c. See p. 1058, col. 2. 🔎 śárdha-	nominal stemSGMDAT
1.37.4	ghŕ̥ṣvaye 🔎 ghŕ̥ṣvaye	ghŕ̥ṣvi- ghṛṣvi : ghṛ́ṣvi mfn. id., [RV.] ghṛṣvi : m. = °ṣṭi, a hog, [Uṇ. iv, 56.] 🔎 ghŕ̥ṣvi-	nominal stemSGMDAT
1.37.4	tveṣádyumnāya 🔎 tveṣádyumnāya	tveṣádyumna- tveṣadyumna : tveṣá—dyumna (°ṣá-), mfn. having glittering brilliancy, [i, 37, 4]. 🔎 tveṣádyumna-	nominal stemSGMDAT
1.37.4	śuṣmíṇe 🔎 śuṣmíṇe	śuṣmín- śuṣmin : śuṣmín mfn. roaring, rushing, [RV.] śuṣmin : strong, fiery, mettlesome, vigorous, impetuous, courageous, bold, [ib.] &c. &c. śuṣmin : sexually excited, ruttish (applied to bulls and elephants), [MBh.]; [BhP.] śuṣmin : śuṣmín m. pl. N. of a caste living in Kuśa-dvīpa (corresponding to the Kṣatriyas), [Pur.] 🔎 śuṣmín-	nominal stemSGMDAT
1.37.4	deváttam 🔎 deváttam	devátta- devatta : devá—°tta (°vá-, for devá-datta) mfn. god-given, [RV.] 🔎 devátta-	nominal stemSGNACC
1.37.4	bráhma brahma : m. a priest (see asura-, ku-, mahābr°) brahma : n. the one self-existent Spirit, the Absolute, [R.] brahma : in comp. for brahman. — Observe that in the following derivatives the nom. n. (Brahmă) is used for the impersonal Spirit and the nom. m. (Brahmā) for the personal god. 🔎 bráhma	bráhman- brahman : bráhman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.] brahman : the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [Pur.] brahman : the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, [Mn. iv, 100] brahman : the sacred syllable Om, [Prab.], Sch., (cf. [Mn. ii, 83]) brahman : religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c.), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [R.] brahman : holy life (esp. continence, chastity; cf. brahma-carya), [Śak. i, 24/25]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.] brahman : (exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmă or one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return), the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha, prathama-já, svayám-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, śāśvata; and = paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 9, 83] &c.) brahman : bráhman n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.] brahman : food, [Naigh. ii, 7] brahman : wealth, [ib.] [10] brahman : final emancipation, [L.] brahman : (brahmán), m. one who prays, a devout or religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge, [RV.] &c. &c. brahman : [cf. Lat., flāmen] brahman : N. of Bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods), [RV. x, 141, 3] brahman : one of the 4 principal priests or Ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu and Udgātṛ; the Brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the sacrifice and to set right mistakes; at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda), [RV.] &c. &c. brahman : Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati, q.v.; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India See [RTL. 555] &c.; his wife is Sarasvatī, [ib.] [48]), [TBr.] &c. &c. brahman : = brahmaṇa āyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā, [Pañcar.] brahman : an inhabitant of Brahmā's heaven, [Jātakam.] brahman : the sun, [L.] brahman : N. of Śiva, [Prab.], Sch. brahman : the Veda (?), [PārGṛ.] brahman : the intellect (= buddhi), [Tattvas.] brahman : N. of a star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.] brahman : a partic. astron. Yoga, [L.] brahman : N. of the 9th Muhūrta, [L.] brahman : (with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa, [Dharmaś.] brahman : N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.] brahman : of a magician, [Rājat.] 🔎 bráhman-	nominal stemSGNACC
1.37.4	gāyata 🔎 gāyata	√gā(y)- 🔎 √gā(y)-	rootPLPRSACT2IMP

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