Rig Veda 8.22.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.22
Devata: Aśvins (Nāsatyā)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ओ त्यमह्व आ रथमद्या दंसिष्ठमूतये । यमश्विना सुहवा रुद्रवर्तनी आ सूर्यायै तस्थथुः ॥
Transliteration
ó tyám ahve ā́ rátham adyā́ daṃsíṣṭham ūtáye | yám aśvínā su-hávā rudra-vartanī ā́ sū́ryāyai tásthathuḥ ||
Translation
অ’—আজি সহায়তাৰ বাবে মই সেই ৰথখন আহ্বান কৰোঁ—কৰ্মত সৰ্বাধিক শক্তিমান। যি ৰথত, সহজে আহ্বানযোগ্য অশ্বিনীদ্বয়, ৰুদ্ৰৰ বলপথে গমন কৰি, সূৰ্যাৰ বাবে প্ৰস্তুত হৈ থিয় হৈছিল—সেই ৰথেৰে আমাৰ সহায়লৈ আহা।
Word by Word
ओO! (exclamation/vocative particle)
ओ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootओ (निपात)
त्यम्that (him/that one)
त्यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अह्वेI call, I invoke
अह्वे:
Kartā (speaker) / क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (आह्वाने)
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
दंसिष्ठम्most wondrous, most skillful in deeds
दंसिष्ठम्:
Karma (विशेषणम् रथम्/त्यम् प्रति)
TypeAdjective
Rootदंसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दंस’/‘दंसस्’ = wondrous deed + -इष्ठ superl.)
ऊतयेfor help, for aid
ऊतये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनाthe two Aśvins
अश्विना:
Kartā
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-देवता ‘अश्विनौ’)
सुहवाeasy to invoke
सुहवा:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-हव (प्रातिपदिक; सु + √ह्वा/हव ‘to call’ → ‘easy to invoke’)
रुद्रवर्तनीwhose tracks/paths are Rudra’s (i.e., moving on Rudra-like paths)
रुद्रवर्तनी:
Kartā (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (compound epithet)
Rootरुद्र-वर्तनी (समास; रुद्र + वर्तनी ‘path/track’)
आtowards, hither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सूर्यायैfor Sūryā (the solar maiden/bride)
सूर्यायै:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper/mythic)
Rootसूर्या (प्रातिपदिक; ‘Sūryā’ = daughter/bride of Sūrya, or solar maiden)
तस्थथुःthey two have stood/arrived (have taken their place)
तस्थथुः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: अश्विना)
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (तिष्ठति; ‘to stand/come to a halt/arrive’)
Ritual Application
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Chanting Notes
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