Rig Veda 8.85.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 85, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.85
Rishi: Kṛṣṇa (contextual; not securely determinable from excerpt alone)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्रिवन्धुरेण त्रिवृता रथेना यातमश्विना । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥
Transliteration
tri-vandhuréṇa tri-vṛ́tā ráthenā́ yātam aśvinā | mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||
Translation
হে অশ্বিনদ্বয়, ত্ৰিবন্ধুৰ, ত্ৰিবৃত ৰথেৰে আহা—সুশৃঙ্খল গতিৰে—মধুময় সোমৰ পানৰ নিমিত্তে।
Word by Word
त्रिवन्धुरेणwith a three-‘vándhura’ (three-part/three-yoked)
त्रिवन्धुरेण:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि-वन्धुर (प्रातिपदिक; वन्धुर ‘रथस्य वन्धुरः/युगबन्धनम्, रथाङ्गविशेषः’)
त्रिवृताwith the three-enclosed/threefold (one)
त्रिवृता:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि-वृत (प्रातिपदिक; √वृत् ‘आवरणे/वर्तने’ → वृत ‘enclosed/covered; having turns’)
रथेनwith the chariot
रथेन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
यातम्come (you two)!
यातम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√या (गत्यर्थे) + (आ)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper/deity epithet)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ—देवताद्वयम्)
मध्वःof honey/sweetness
मध्वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootपीति (प्रातिपदिक; √पा ‘पाने’ → पीति ‘drinking’)
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