Rig Veda 8.20.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 23
Sukta 8.20
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.20, Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 8.20; verse-length and cadence align with common Marut hymns)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मरुतो मारुतस्य न आ भेषजस्य वहता सुदानवः । यूयं सखायः सप्तयः ॥
Transliteration
marúto mārútasya na ā́ bheṣajásya vahatā su-dānavaḥ | yūyáṃ sakhāyaḥ saptáyaḥ ||
Translation
يا ماروت، احملوا إلينا قوّةَ الشفاء التي هي لِقوّةِ ماروت؛ يا أسخياء، يا رفاقَ العمل—سباعيي الطاقات—احملوا ذلك الدواء إلى كياننا.
Word by Word
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
मारुतस्यof the Marut / Marut-born (i.e., belonging to the Maruts)
मारुतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (genitival qualifier)
Rootमारुत (विशेषण/सम्बन्ध-प्रातिपदिक < मरुत्)
नःfor us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान (beneficiary; ‘for us/our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
आhither; forth; to
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
भेषजस्यof the remedy / medicine
भेषजस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
वहताcarry (you two) / bring (you two)
वहता:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति)
सुदानवःgood-givers; bountiful ones
सुदानवः:
कर्तृ (apposition to मरुतः)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसुदानु (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + दानु ‘giving’)
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सखायःfriends; companions
सखायः:
कर्तृ (apposition to यूयम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
सप्तयःthe sevenfold band / the ‘sevens’ (epithet of the Maruts)
सप्तयः:
कर्तृ (apposition; epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective (Vedic epithet)
Rootसप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic ‘company/host’, lit. ‘sevenfold/with seven’)
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