Rig Veda 8.5.31: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 31

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Same RV 8.5 cycle seer.

Devata: Aśvinau.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-family (needs metrical audit).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ वहेथे पराकात्पूर्वीरश्नन्तावश्विना । इषो दासीरमर्त्या ॥

Transliteration

ā́ vahethe parākā́t pūrvī́r aśnántāv aśvinā | íṣo dā́sīr amartyā́ ||

Translation

تعاليا مُسرِعَين من وراء البعيد، يا أشفين؛ مُتنعِّمَين بالقرابين العتيقة. يا خالدَين، هَبَا لنا جداولَ iṣ—دفعاتٍ مُغذِّية تُقوّي مسيرَ الروح.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (as preverb ‘to/near’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• वहेथे: you two convey/drive (hither)
• वहेथे: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति) / vah ‘to carry, convey, drive’

• पराकात्: from afar
• पराकात्: Apādāna
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पराक (अव्यय/निपात) + तसिल् (-त्) / parāk ‘far away’

• पूर्वीः: the former/earlier (ones), many former (things)
• पूर्वीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) / pūrvá ‘former, earlier’

• अश्नन्ता: (you) two partaking/eating
• अश्नन्ता: Kartā
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √अश् (अश्नाति) / aś ‘to eat, partake’

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two horsemen)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) / aśvin ‘the Aśvins’

• इषः: refreshments, nourishments
• इषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (प्रातिपदिक) / iṣ ‘refreshment, nourishment, strength’

• दासीः: female attendants/handmaids
• दासीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी (प्रातिपदिक) / dāsī ‘female servant; (also) giver/attendant (in ritual diction)’

• अमर्त्याः: O immortals
• अमर्त्याः: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक) / amartya ‘immortal’