Rig Veda 8.45.39: Mandala 8, Sukta 45, Mantra 39
Sukta 8.45
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ त एता वचोयुजा हरी गृभ्णे सुमद्रथा । यदीं ब्रह्मभ्य इद्ददः ॥
Transliteration
ā́ ta etā́ vaco-yújā hárī gṛbhṇe sumád-rathā | yád ī́n brahma-bhyá íd dádaḥ ||
Translation
أقبضُ لك هذين الـهَرِيَّيْنِ الأشقرين، المقرونين بالكلمة (فاج Vāc)، يا ذا المركبةِ البهيجة؛ حين إنك حقًّا تهبهما للـرِّشيّين أصحابِ البراهمن (القول المقدّس).
Word by Word
आhither, forth (towards)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sampradāna (recipient/for you) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एताthese
एता:
Karma (object, with गृभ्णे) / विषय
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वचोयुजाyoked/linked with words (hymn-joined)
वचोयुजा:
Karma (qualifier of the object) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootवचस् + युज् (प्रातिपदिक: वचो-युज्)
हरीthe two bay steeds
हरी:
Karma (object of गृभ्णे) / कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
गृभ्णेI take, I grasp
गृभ्णे:
Kartā (speaker/poet) with implied अहम्
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह्/गृभ् (धातु; Vedic present stem गृभ्ण-)
सुwell, good
सु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/निपात)
मद्रथाhaving exhilarating chariots / joy-chariot-borne (epithet of the two steeds)
मद्रथा:
Karma (qualifier of हरी) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootमद् + रथ (प्रातिपदिक: मद्रथ)
यदीम्when/if then him
यदीम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable + enclitic
Rootयदि (अव्यय) + ईम् (एन्क्लिटिक सर्वनाम/अव्यय)
ब्राह्मभ्यःto the priests, to the brahmins (singers)
ब्राह्मभ्यः:
Sampradāna (recipient) / सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्म (प्रातिपदिक; 'ब्राह्मन्' related) / ब्रह्मन्- (in Vedic: priestly singers)
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
ददःyou give, you grant
ददः:
Kartā (addressed deity, likely Indra)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
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