Rig Veda 8.34.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 10
Sukta 8.34
Rishi: Kāṇva lineage (explicitly referenced: ‘kaṇvasya’)
Devata: Indra (principal Soma-drinker; arya as epithet of noble lordship)
Chandas: likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like refrain structure; exact meter not provided in input
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ याह्यर्य आ परि स्वाहा सोमस्य पीतये । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
Transliteration
ā́ yāhy aryá ā́ pári svā́hā sómasya pītáye | divó amúṣya śā́sato dívaṃ yáya divāvaso ||
Translation
تعالَ، أيّها القوّةُ النبيلة؛ تعالَ مُحيطًا بنا من كلّ جانب؛ سْفَاهَا—إلى شُربِ السُّوما. ومن ذلك السَّماءِ ذي النِّظامِ الآمِر، امضِ إلى السَّماءِ المُضيئة، وأيقِظْ فينا لذّةً قَويمةً تُقيمُ ṛta (رِتا).
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
याहिcome; go hither
याहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) ‘to go’
अर्यःO Arya/noble one (a vocative-like nominative)
अर्यः:
Kartā (सम्बोधनार्थे/कर्तृवाचकः)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
परिaround; all around
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
स्वाहाsvāhā (ritual exclamation)
स्वाहा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/मन्त्रपद)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
Sampradāna (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootपा (धातु) ‘to drink’ → पीति (कृदन्त/भाव) ‘drinking’
दिवःfrom heaven; of heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna/सम्बन्ध (context: ‘from heaven’/‘of heaven’)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven’
अमुष्यof that (yonder)
अमुष्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) ‘that (yonder)’
शासतःof the commanding/ruling one
शासतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Noun-like
Rootशास् (धातु) ‘to command, instruct’ → शासत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
दिवम्to heaven; the sky
दिवम्:
Karma (गन्तव्य/प्राप्तव्य)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
ययgo!
यय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) ‘to go’
दिवावसोO divāvasa (O radiant/heaven-bright one)
दिवावसो:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (epithet) / Adjective used as vocative
Rootदिवावस् (प्रातिपदिक; दिवा + वस् ‘day-bright/with heavenly light’; देव-विशेषण)
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