Rig Veda 8.20.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 23

Sukta 8.20

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.20, Kāṇva lineage)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 8.20; verse-length and cadence align with common Marut hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मरुतो मारुतस्य न आ भेषजस्य वहता सुदानवः । यूयं सखायः सप्तयः ॥

Transliteration

marúto mārútasya na ā́ bheṣajásya vahatā su-dānavaḥ | yūyáṃ sakhāyaḥ saptáyaḥ ||

Translation

O Maruts, bringt uns die Heilkraft, die der Marut-Macht eigen ist; o Freigebige, ihr seid Freunde, Gefährten im Werk, siebenfach in euren Kräften. Tragt dieses Heilmittel in unser Wesen.

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Word by Word

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मारुतस्य: of the Marut / Marut-born (i.e., belonging to the Maruts)
• मारुतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (genitival qualifier)
• Root: मारुत (विशेषण/सम्बन्ध-प्रातिपदिक < मरुत्)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary; ‘for us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• आ: hither; forth; to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• भेषजस्य: of the remedy / medicine
• भेषजस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहता: carry (you two) / bring (you two)
• वहता: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति)

• सुदानवः: good-givers; bountiful ones
• सुदानवः: कर्तृ (apposition to मरुतः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सुदानु (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + दानु ‘giving’)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• सखायः: friends; companions
• सखायः: कर्तृ (apposition to यूयम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्तयः: the sevenfold band / the ‘sevens’ (epithet of the Maruts)
• सप्तयः: कर्तृ (apposition; epithet)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (Vedic epithet)
• Root: सप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic ‘company/host’, lit. ‘sevenfold/with seven’)