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Rig Veda 8.8.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 15

Sukta 8.8

Rishi: Vatsa (Kāṇva)
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify)

यो वां नासत्यावृषिर्गीर्भिर्वत्सो अवीवृधत् । तस्मै सहस्रनिर्णिजमिषं धत्तं घृतश्चुतम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.8.15

yó vāṃ nāsatyāv ṛ́ṣir gī́rbhir vatsó ávīvṛdhat | tásmai sahásranirṇijam íṣaṃ dhattaṃ ghṛtaścútam ||

Wer euch, o Nāsatyas – der ṛṣi Vatsa – mit Liedern hat wachsen lassen: dem gebt die tausendstrahlende Speise, den Strom, der von ghṛta, geklärtem Licht und Reichtum, träufelt.

यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्you two / of you two
वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नासत्यौO Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्यौ:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootनासत्य- (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ)
ऋषिःseer
ऋषिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि- (प्रातिपदिक)
गीर्भिःwith hymns/words
गीर्भिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootगीर्- (स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक)
वत्सःcalf
वत्सः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स- (प्रातिपदिक)
अवीवृधत्made grow / strengthened
अवीवृधत्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (वर्धने) धातु
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रनिर्णिजम्having a thousand adornments/garments
सहस्रनिर्णिजम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र- + निर्णिज्- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘आभरण/वस्त्र/आवरण’)
मिषम्refreshment; food/portion
मिषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमिष- (प्रातिपदिक)
धत्तम्give (you two should place/bestow)
धत्तम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धारणे/दाने) धातु
घृतश्चुतम्dripping with ghee
घृतश्चुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (past participial)
Rootघृत- + श्चुत (√च्युत्/√श्च्युत् ‘to drip/flow’)

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