Rig Veda 8.8.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.8
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (speaker in first person)
Devata: Aśvins
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यच्चिद्धि वां पुर ऋषयो जुहूरेऽवसे नरा । आ यातमश्विना गतमुपेमां सुष्टुतिं मम ॥
Transliteration
yác cid dhí vām purā́ ṛ́ṣayo juhūré ávase narā | ā yātam aśvinā́ gátam úpemā́ṃ suṣṭutíṃ máma ||
Translation
Welche Hilfe auch die Seher der Vorzeit euch, o Helden, zum Beistand anriefen — zu eben der kommt nun, o Aśvins; kommt heran zu diesem meinem wohlgefügten Lobpreis; möge die uralte Antwort in uns wieder erwachen.
Word by Word
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma (यत् = ‘that which’ as object of ‘did’)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
हिfor, indeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
वाम्of/for you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (contextual: ‘for you two’ / ‘of you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम) → वाम्
पुराformerly, of old
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa (time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
ऋषयःseers
ऋषयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
जुहूरेhave offered (sacrificially)
जुहूरे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु) [जुहोति]
अवसेfor help, for aid
अवसे:
Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक) / अवस्- ‘help, aid’
नराO two men/heroes
नरा:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
यातम्come (you two)!
यातम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) [याति]
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative proper)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन देवता-नाम)
गतम्go/come (you two)!
गतम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) [गच्छति]
उपnear, up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
इमाम्this
इमाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम) → इमाम्
सुष्टुतिम्well-made praise, good hymn
सुष्टुतिम्:
Karma (apposition to इमाम्)
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
ममmy
मम:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम) → मम
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