Rig Veda 8.42.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 42, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.42
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ वां ग्रावाणो अश्विना धीभिर्विप्रा अचुच्यवुः । नासत्या सोमपीतये नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
Transliteration
ā́ vāṃ grā́vāṇo aśvinā dhībhír víprā acucyavuḥ | nā́satyā sóma-pītaye nábhantām anyaké samé ||
Translation
نحوَكما، أيها الأَشْفِنَان، تحرّكتْ أحجارُ العصرِ بأفكارِ الرُّؤاةِ المُلهَمين؛ يا ناساتْيَا، أقبِلا لِشُربِ السُّوما. ولْتَتَلألأِ الحركاتُ الأُخرى في مساواةٍ مُتَناغِمة.
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वाम्you two; to you two
वाम्:
Karma (goal of motion) / Sampradāna (to you two)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
ग्रावाणःpressing-stones
ग्रावाणः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootग्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
धीभिःwith thoughts; with hymnic inspirations
धीभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक)
विप्राःinspired poets; seers
विप्राः:
Kartā (apposition to ‘pressing-stones’ as agents in the poetic image) / Kartā (primary: ‘poets’)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अचुच्यवुःhave set in motion; have impelled (hither)
अचुच्यवुः:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootच्यु (धातु) ‘to move, stir, set in motion’
नासत्याO Nāsatyas
नासत्या:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dual deity epithet)
Rootनासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of the Aśvins)
सोमपीतयेfor Soma-drinking
सोमपीतये:
Sampradāna / प्रयोजन-दत्तिव (for the purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootसोमपीति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Soma-drinking’)
नभन्ताम्let them hasten/press on
नभन्ताम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootनभ् (धातु) ‘to burst forth/strive; to spring, to press on’ (Vedic)
अन्यकेin another (place/occasion)
अन्यके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअन्यक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘another, other’)
समेin the meeting; in the assembly/encounter
समे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective (locative)
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक) ‘same, equal; meeting’
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