Rig Veda 8.8.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 16

Sukta 8.8

Rishi: Vatsa (Kāṇva)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रास्मा ऊर्जं घृतश्चुतमश्विना यच्छतं युवम् । यो वां सुम्नाय तुष्टवद्वसूयाद्दानुनस्पती ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.8.16

Transliteration

prāsmā́ ūrjáṃ ghṛtaścútam aśvinā yácchataṃ yuvám | yó vāṃ sumnā́ya túṣṭavad vasūyā́d dānunaspatī ||

Translation

Gewährt ihm die strömende Kraft, ghee-triefend, o Aśvins, ihr beiden. Wer euch um eures Wohlwollens willen gepriesen hat, nach Reichtum (vasu) verlangend — o Herren der Gabe, Dānunaspatī — der werde durch diese Macht getragen.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• अस्मै: to this (one), to him
• अस्मै: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• ऊर्जम्: strength, nourishment
• ऊर्जम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ज् (ऊर्जा-)

• घृतश्चुतम्: ghee-dripping, flowing with ghee
• घृतश्चुतम्: विशेषण (of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle) used as qualifier
• Root: घृत + √च्युत्/√च्यु (च्युत ‘dripping’)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (dual stem)

• यच्छतम्: grant (you two), bestow
• यच्छतम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छ- ‘to give/offer/extend’)

• युवम्: you two
• युवम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्तृ
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्

• वाम्: of you two / to you two
• वाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive) / सम्प्रदान (if taken as dative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• सुम्नाय: for (your) favor, for grace
• सुम्नाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुम्न (सु+म्न ‘favor, grace’)

• तुष्टवत्: praising gladly; with satisfaction
• तुष्टवत्: विशेषण (of कर्तृ)
• Type: Adjective (kṛdanta/possessive) used adverbially
• Root: √तुष् + -वत् (possessive)

• वसूयात्: would seek wealth; would desire riches
• वसूयात्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वसूय (denom.) < वसु ‘wealth’

• दानुनस्पती: O lords connected with Dānu (epithet of the Aśvins)
• दानुनस्पती: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet, deity-address)
• Root: दानुनस्-पति (compound: ‘lord of Dānu/दानु’; epithet)