Rig Veda 8.25.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 25, Mantra 22

Sukta 8.25

Devata: Implied divine chariot (often Indra or solar powers with hari-steeds); here presented as attained support

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ऋज्रमुक्षण्यायने रजतं हरयाणे । रथं युक्तमसनाम सुषामणि ॥

Transliteration

ṛjrám ukṣaṇyā́yane rajatáṃ hárayāṇe | ráthaṃ yuktám asanāma su-sā́mani ||

Translation

لقد نِلنا العربةَ المستقيمةَ القويّةَ السَّير، الفضّيّةَ اللمعان، تجرّها القوى الشُّقر؛ مُحكَمةَ الربطِ في الأناشيدِ القويمة: فلتَحمِلْنا هذه المركبةُ المنظَّمةُ للقوّة سريعًا على الطريقِ الحقّ.

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Word by Word

• ऋज्रम्: straight, upright
• ऋज्रम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-‘रथम्’ का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋज्र (प्रातिपदिक; adj.)

• उक्षण्यायने: in/at (the place/lineage) Ukṣaṇyāyana
• उक्षण्यायने: अधिकरण (स्थान/संबन्ध: ‘उक्षण्यायने’ = in/at/for Ukṣaṇyāyana)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: उक्षण्यायन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘उक्षन्/उक्ष्ण’ + ‘आयन’)

• रजतम्: silvery, made of silver
• रजतम्: कर्म (विशेष्य-‘रथम्’ का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक; adj.)

• हरयाणे: among/with the bay horses
• हरयाणे: अधिकरण (स्थान/संबन्ध: among/with the bays)
• Type: Noun (epithet/descriptor)
• Root: हरयाण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हरि’ (bay horse) से व्युत्पन्न)

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• युक्तम्: yoked, harnessed
• युक्तम्: कर्म (रथम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त; भूतकृत्/क्त)

• असनाम: we were/ we became / we set (up)
• असनाम: कर्तृ (वयं = we)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु) / (वेदिक) अस् ‘to be’ → 1pl injunctive/aorist form ‘असनाम’

• सुषामणि: O well-ornamented/beneficent one (good jewel)
• सुषामणि: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun (epithet/vocative-like address) / Adjective used substantively
• Root: सु- + शामणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘शामणि’ = auspicious/beneficent jewel/ornament; with prefix सु-)