Rig Veda 8.22.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 15

Sukta 8.22

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Trishtubh/Jagatī mix (uncertain)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ सुग्म्याय सुग्म्यं प्राता रथेनाश्विना वा सक्षणी । हुवे पितेव सोभरी ॥

Transliteration

ā́ sugmyā́ya sugmyáṃ prā́tā ráthenāśvinā vā sakṣaṇī́ | huvè pitéva sóbharī ||

Translation

Zu gutem Auszug und gutem Ankommen — am Morgen — rufe ich euch, o Aśvins, mit dem Wagen, o ihr Vermögenden. Sobhari ruft euch wie ein Sohn den Vater.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga/avyaya)

• सुग्म्याय: for easy access/approach
• सुग्म्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सुग्म्य- (सु + गम् > गम्य ‘to be gone/approached’)

• सुग्म्यम्: the easy-to-reach (goal/way)
• सुग्म्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सुग्म्य-

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (avyaya)

• रथेन: with a chariot
• रथेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ-

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: —
• Type: Noun (proper, deity)
• Root: अश्विन्- (dual stem of अश्विन् ‘Aśvin’)

• वा: or; indeed
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (avyaya)

• सक्षणी: O swift/ready ones
• सक्षणी: —
• Type: Adjective (vocative, epithet)
• Root: स- + क्षणि/क्षणी- (from √क्षण/√क्षन् ‘to hasten/act quickly’; Vedic adj.)

• हुवे: I invoke
• हुवे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हू (जुहोत्यादि) ‘to call, invoke’

• पितेव: like a father
• पितेव: Kartā (of implied comparison)
• Type: Noun + particle
• Root: पितृ- + इव

• सोभरी: Sobhari (the poet)
• सोभरी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: सोभरी- (proper name; seer/poet) संभवतः from √शुभ/शोभ ‘to shine’ (name-form)