Rig Veda 1.119.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 119, Mantra 8

Sukta 1.119

Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa (traditional)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अगच्छतं कृपमाणं परावति पितुः स्वस्य त्यजसा निबाधितम् । स्वर्वतीरित ऊतीर्युवोरह चित्रा अभीके अभवन्नभिष्टयः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.119.8

Transliteration

ágacchataṃ kṛ́pamāṇaṃ parāváti pitúḥ svásya tyájasā ní-bādhitam | svàrvatīr itá ūtī́r yuvór áha citrā́ abhī́ke abhavann abhiṣṭáyaḥ ||

Translation

Ihr beide gingt zu dem um Erbarmen Rufenden in der fernen Weite, niedergezwungen von der überwältigenden Macht seines eigenen Vaters. Wahrlich, eure Hilfen, voll des Lichtes von Svar, wurden nahe und wunderbar wirksam — sichere Stützen, Erfüllungen in nächster Nähe.

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Word by Word

• अगच्छतम्: you two went / came
• अगच्छतम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (√gam)

• कृपमाणम्: (one) lamenting, pitiable / imploring
• कृपमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (participle)
• Root: कृप् (√kṛp) / prātipadika: कृपमाण-

• परावत्: in the far distance
• परावत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative adverbial)
• Root: परावत् (prātipadika)

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (prātipadika)

• स्वस्य: of his own
• स्वस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: स्व (prātipadika)

• त्यजसा: by abandonment / through desertion
• त्यजसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्यजस् (prātipadika)

• निबाधितम्: oppressed, pressed down
• निबाधितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: नि-बाध् (√bādh) / prātipadika: निबाधित-

• स्वर्वतीः: possessing light/heavenly radiance
• स्वर्वतीः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्वती (prātipadika)

• इत: indeed, just
• इत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (particle)

• ऊतीः: helps, aids
• ऊतीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति (prātipadika)

• युवोः: of you two
• युवोः: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (prātipadika)

• अह: ah!, indeed
• अह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अह (particle)

• चित्राः: wonderful, brilliant
• चित्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (prātipadika)

• अभीके: in nearness, close by
• अभीके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative)
• Root: अभीक (prātipadika)

• अभवन्: they became
• अभवन्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (√bhū)

• अभिष्टयः: succours, desired helps
• अभिष्टयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिष्टि (prātipadika)