Rig Veda 8.22.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.22

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.22)

Devata: Aśvinau (the twin powers of swift help, healing, and right movement)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; hymn RV 8.22 is predominantly Jagatī in many verses, though mixed meters occur)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उप नो वाजिनीवसू यातमृतस्य पथिभिः । येभिस्तृक्षिं वृषणा त्रासदस्यवं महे क्षत्राय जिन्वथः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.22.7

Transliteration

úpa no vājinīvasū yātám ṛtásya pathíbhiḥ | yébhis tṛ́kṣiṃ vṛṣaṇā trāsadásyavam mahé kṣatrā́ya jínvathaḥ ||

Translation

اقتربا إلينا، يا سَيِّدَيِ الوفرةِ وقوّةِ الظَّفَر، سالكَينِ سُبُلَ Ṛta (نظام الحقّ والصدق). وبِتِلكَ القُوى عينِها، أيّها الجبّاران، تُنْهِضانِ في تْرِكْشِي تْرَاسَدَسْيُو الكْشَتْرَ (kṣatra) العظيم؛ فهكذا أيضًا زِيدَا فينا تلكَ القوّةَ السّياديّةَ للنَّفْس.

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Word by Word

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वाजिनीवसू: O you two rich in steeds/strength (epithet of the Aśvins)
• वाजिनीवसू: — (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (dual vocative epithet)
• Root: वाजिनी-वसु (प्रातिपदिक; वाजिनी ‘swift mare/strength’ + वसु ‘good/wealth’)

• यातम्: come, drive hither (you two)
• यातम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थे)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पथिभिः: by/along the paths
• पथिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथि/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• येभिः: by which (paths)
• येभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तृक्षिम्: Tṛkṣi (a man/king)
• तृक्षिम्: Karma
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: तृक्षि (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

• वृषणा: O you two mighty ones
• वृषणा: — (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रासदस्यवम्: Trasadasyu (son of Purukutsa; famed king)
• त्रासदस्यवम्: Karma
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: त्रासदस्यव (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

• महे: for great (…)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षत्राय: for sovereignty/power
• क्षत्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिन्वथः: you two invigorate / make prosper
• जिन्वथः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जिव्/जिन्व् (धातु; ‘to set in motion, invigorate, prosper’)