Rig Veda 8.8.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 22
Sukta 8.8
Rishi: Kāṇva lineage
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र वां स्तोमाः सुवृक्तयो गिरो वर्धन्त्वश्विना । पुरुत्रा वृत्रहन्तमा ता नो भूतं पुरुस्पृहा ॥
Transliteration
prá vā́m stómāḥ suvr̥ktáyo gíro vardhantv aśvinā | púru-trā vŕ̥trahantamā tā́ no bhūtam puru-spṛ́hā ||
Translation
হে অশ্বিনদ্বয়! আমাদের স্তোত্র ও সুগঠিত বাক্যরূপ গিরঃ তোমাদের বৃদ্ধি করুক। হে পুরুত্রা বৃত্রহন্তমৌ—বহু স্থানে বৃত্র-সংহারকারী—তোমরা আমাদের জন্য পুরুস্পৃহা, বহুল আকাঙ্ক্ষিত শক্তি হয়ে ওঠো; আমাদের জীবনে উপস্থিত ও কার্যকর হও।
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
वाम्of/for you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna (recipient) / Śeṣa (possessive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronominal base)
स्तोमाःpraises, hymns
स्तोमाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (prātipadika)
सुवृक्तयःwell-composed (verses)
सुवृक्तयः:
Kartā (in apposition)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसु-वृक्ति (prātipadika; su + √वृज/वृञ्ज ‘to arrange, compose’ → ‘well-composed’)
गिरःsongs, utterances
गिरः:
Kartā (in apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (prātipadika)
वर्धन्तुmay they increase, strengthen
वर्धन्तु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृध् (वर्धते)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन् (prātipadika)
पुरुत्राin many places, widely
पुरुत्रा:
Adhikaraṇa (adverbial: place/extent)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरुत्रा (indeclinable)
वृत्रहन्तमाO most Vṛtra-slaying (ones)
वृत्रहन्तमा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootवृत्र-हन्-तम (prātipadika; ‘Vṛtra-slayer’ + superlative -तम)
ताthose two, you two
ता:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (pronominal base)
नःto us / of us
नः:
Sampradāna (recipient) / Śeṣa
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronominal base)
भूतम्be (become)
भूतम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
पुरुस्पृहाO much-desired (ones)
पुरुस्पृहा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु-स्पृह (prātipadika; puru ‘much’ + √स्पृह् ‘to desire’ → ‘much-desired’)
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