Rig Veda 8.7.35 — Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 35

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (Mandala 8 context; exact rishi not specified here)

Devata: Dhātṛs / sustaining powers (or divine establishers); exact devatā uncertain without hymn header

Chandas: Tr̥ṣṭubh (explicitly referenced; verse likely in Tr̥ṣṭubh)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आक्ष्णयावानो वहन्त्यन्तरिक्षेण पततः । धातारः स्तुवते वयः ॥

Transliteration

ākṣṇayā́vāno vahanty antárikṣeṇa pátataḥ | dhā́tāraḥ stuvaté váyaḥ ||

Translation

তারা আমাদের বহন করে—দৃষ্টিতে তীক্ষ্ণ—অন্তরিক্ষপথে উড়ে; স্তবকারী জনের জন্য ধাতার (দৈব বিধাতা) প্রগতির পাখাযুক্ত শক্তিগুলিকে পৌঁছে দেন।

Word by Word

• आक्ष्णयावानः: the swift/impetuous ones (as agents)
• आक्ष्णयावानः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: आक्ष्णयावन् (प्रातिपदिक; √अश्/अक्ष् ‘to reach, attain’ > ‘swift/impetuous’ as an epithet; Vedic adjective-stem)

• वहन्ति: they carry / convey
• वहन्ति: कर्तृ-क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति)

• अन्तरिक्षेण: through the mid-air / atmosphere
• अन्तरिक्षेण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• पततः: of the flying (ones) / of the flyer
• पततः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Kṛdanta (present participle used adjectivally)
• Root: √पत् (पतति) / पतत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त ‘flying’)

• धातारः: the establishers / creators / supporters
• धातारः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ (प्रातिपदिक; from √धा ‘to place, establish’)

• स्तुवते: to the praiser / to (him) who praises
• स्तुवते: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Kṛdanta (present participle, dat.)
• Root: √स्तु (स्तौति)

• वयः: strength, vigor; vital power (or ‘bird’ in some contexts)
• वयः: कर्म (as what is brought/borne) / or कर्तृ (context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)