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Rig Veda 8.20.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.20

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva
Devata: Maruts (as go-bandhavaḥ, allies of light)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

गोभिर्वाणो अज्यते सोभरीणां रथे कोशे हिरण्यये । गोबन्धवः सुजातास इषे भुजे महान्तो नः स्परसे नु ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.20.8

góbhir vāṇó ajyate sóbharīṇāṃ ráthe kóśe hiraṇyáye | gó-bandhavaḥ su-jātāsa iṣé bhujé mahā́nto naḥ spárase nú ||

Mit Strahlen des Lichts wird die inspirierte Rede gesalbt; in den goldenen Kasten ist sie gelegt auf dem Wagen des Geschlechts des Sobharī. O Verwandte des Lichts, wohlgeborene Mächte, zu Mehrung und zu Genuss — berührt uns jetzt mit eurer Größe.

गोभिःwith/by cows
गोभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
वाणःVāṇa (a person/being; name/epithet)
वाणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवाण (प्रातिपदिक)
अज्यतेis anointed / is smeared
अज्यते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअञ्ज् (अञ्जूँ) ‘to anoint, smear’
सोभरीणाम्of the Sobharīs (Sobharī’s lineage/people)
सोभरीणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसोभरी (प्रातिपदिक; Sobharī-)
रथेin/on the chariot
रथे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
कोशेin the receptacle/case (container)
कोशे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootकोश (प्रातिपदिक)
हिरण्ययेgolden
हिरण्यये:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘golden’)
गोबन्धवःkinsmen/friends of cows (cow-allies)
गोबन्धवः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो-बन्धु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
सुजातासःwell-born, of good birth
सुजातासः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-जात (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-born’)
इषेfor nourishment/refreshment
इषे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootइष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’)
भुजेenjoys / partakes
भुजे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (भुजोँ) ‘to enjoy, partake’
महान्तःgreat
महान्तः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
स्परसेyou touch
स्परसे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootस्पृश् (स्पृशँ) ‘to touch’
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (निपात)

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