Rig Veda 8.12.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.12
Devata: Indra (implied continuation of the hymn’s addressee)
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो नो देवः परावतः सखित्वनाय मामहे । दिवो न वृष्टिं प्रथयन्ववक्षिथ ॥
Transliteration
yó no deváḥ parāvátaḥ sakhitvanā́ya māmáhe | divó na vṛ́ṣṭiṃ pratháyan vavákṣitha ||
Translation
Den Gott, den wir aus der Ferne (parāvat) zur Freundschaft herbeirufen, — sich ausbreitend wie der Regen des Himmels — möge er mächtig anwachsen und für uns seine Ausgießung weiten.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवःthe god
देवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < √दिव् ‘to shine’
परावतःfrom afar / from a distant place
परावतः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootपरावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘far region, distance’)
सखित्वनायfor friendship / for companionship
सखित्वनाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसखित्वन (प्रातिपदिक; ‘companionship, friendship’) < सखि
मामहेwe seek / we entreat (for)
मामहे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√मंह्/√मह् (Vedic) ‘to grant, to favor; to be generous’
दिवःof heaven / of the sky
दिवः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven, day’
नlike / as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
वृष्टिम्rain
वृष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृष् ‘to rain’
प्रथयन्spreading / causing to spread
प्रथयन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√प्रथ् ‘to spread, extend’ (caus./denom. usage in RV)
अवक्षिथyou have brought / you have conveyed
अवक्षिथ:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वक्ष् (Vedic) ‘to convey/bring; to draw/lead’ with preverb अव-
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