Rig Veda 8.69.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 69, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.69

Rishi: Pragātha tradition of Mandala 8 (exact ṛṣi attribution for 8.69.5 not provided in input; commonly indexed under Kāṇva-associated collections)

Devata: Indra (implicitly via his harayaḥ; the hymn section is Indra-centered)

Chandas: Likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-family cadence (needs padic syllable count verification from full hymn prosody tables)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ हरयः ससृज्रिरेऽरुषीरधि बर्हिषि । यत्राभि संनवामहे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.69.5

Transliteration

ā hárayaḥ sasṛjrire ’rúṣīr ádhi barhíṣi | yátrābhí saṃnávāmahe ||

Translation

Kommt: Mögen die fahlen Rosse (harayaḥ) losgelassen und auf das Barhis, die heilige Streu, gesetzt werden — dort, wo wir uns gemeinsam in einem Einklang von Streben und Opfergabe verbinden.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, forth (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• हरयः: the bay steeds (horses)
• हरयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ससृज्रिरे: have rushed forth / have been set in motion
• ससृज्रिरे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (सृजति) / √sṛj ‘to let go, send forth, rush’

• अरुषीः: the ruddy (mares/steeds)
• अरुषीः: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अरुषी (प्रातिपदिक) < अरुष (adj. ‘ruddy, tawny’)

• अधि: upon
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/उपपद-अव्यय)

• बर्हिषि: on the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)

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

• सं: together, wholly
• सं: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्/सं (उपसर्ग)

• नवामहे: we praise / we laud
• नवामहे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नु/√नव् (वैदिक) ‘to praise, laud’ (cf. नवते)