Rig Veda 8.20.25: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 25
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)
यत्सिन्धौ यदसिक्न्यां यत्समुद्रेषु मरुतः सुबर्हिषः । यत्पर्वतेषु भेषजम् ॥
Transliteration
yát síndhau yád ásiknyāṃ yát samudréṣu marutaḥ su-barhiṣaḥ | yát párvateṣu bheṣajám ||
Translation
كلُّ شفاءٍ في سِندهو، وكلُّ ما في أسيكني، وكلُّ ما في البحار—يا مَرُوت ذوي الفِراش الحسن من العشب—وكلُّ دواءٍ في الجبال: استخرجوه واجعلوه حاضرًا لشفائنا واسترداد عافيتنا.
Word by Word
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
Karma (सम्बन्धवाचकं—‘यत् …’ = ‘which/that’)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यत्-शब्द
सिन्धौin the river / in Sindhu
सिन्धौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which/that
यत्:
Karma (सम्बन्धवाचकं)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असिक्न्यांin (the river) Asiknī
असिक्न्यां:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (proper) / Adjective used as noun
Rootअसिक्नी (प्रातिपदिक; नदी-नाम)
यत्which/that
यत्:
Karma (सम्बन्धवाचकं)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
समुद्रेषुin the seas / in the oceans
समुद्रेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुतःO Maruts
मरुतः:
Kartā (सम्बोधन-प्रयुक्तः; स्तुत्य-कर्ता देवगणः)
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुबर्हिषःhaving good sacred grass / of good barhis
सुबर्हिषः:
Kartā (सम्बोधन-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootसु-बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः/कर्मधारयः ‘सु’+‘बर्हिस्’)
यत्which/that
यत्:
Karma (सम्बन्धवाचकं)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पर्वतेषुin the mountains
पर्वतेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
भेषजम्remedy / medicine
भेषजम्:
Karma (यत्-सम्बन्धेन ‘that remedy’)
TypeNoun
Rootभेषज (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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