Rig Veda 8.12.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 15

Sukta 8.12

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि वह्नय ऊतयेऽनूषत प्रशस्तये । न देव विव्रता हरी ऋतस्य यत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.12.15

Transliteration

abhí váhnaya ūtáye’nūṣata práśastaye | ná deva vívratā hárī ṛtásya yát ||

Translation

Zur Hilfe, zum Lobpreis riefen die Flammenträger; o Gott, deine beiden fahlen Rosse weichen nicht vom Gesetz ab – (sie gehen) in dem, was ṛta ist.

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• अभि: towards, unto
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग) अव्यय

• वह्नयः: the bearers/priests (fire-bearers), carriers
• वह्नयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि- (प्रातिपदिक) < √वह् (वहति) ‘to carry’

• ऊतये: for help, for aid
• ऊतये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊति- (प्रातिपदिक) < √अव्/√ऊ (रक्षणे) ‘to help/protect’

• अनूषत: they praised/sang
• अनूषत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्/√उष्? (वैदिक: अनूष्/अनूषति ‘to praise, to sing’)

• प्रशस्तये: for praise, for laudation
• प्रशस्तये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशस्ति- (प्रातिपदिक) < √शंस् ‘to praise’ (प्र- उपसर्ग)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात) अव्यय

• देव: O god
• देव: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव- (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् ‘to shine’

• विव्रता: having separate/varied ordinances
• विव्रता: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-व्रत- (प्रातिपदिक) < √व्रत्/वृ ‘to choose/ordain; vow’ (वि- उपसर्ग); बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘having distinct ordinances’

• हरी: the two bay horses
• हरी: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘the two bay steeds (of Indra)’

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘cosmic order, truth’

• यत्: what/that which
• यत्: Karma (अर्थानुसार) / सम्बन्धक
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)