Rig Veda 8.89.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 89, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.89

Rishi: Gautama (Gautama family context continues into 8.89 in many traditions; exact assignment should be confirmed in Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Indra (probable, due to epithet girvāṇas; verse also invokes Sūrya and tapas imagery)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; verify in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आमासु पक्वमैरय आ सूर्यं रोहयो दिवि । घर्मं न सामन्तपता सुवृक्तिभिर्जुष्टं गिर्वणसे बृहत् ॥

Transliteration

āmā́su pakvám airaya ā́ sū́ryaṃ rohayo diví | gharmáṃ ná sā́man tapata suvṛ́ktibhir júṣṭaṃ gírvāṇase bṛhát ||

Translation

Aus dem Unreifen hebst du die gereifte Kraft empor; du lässt die Sonne am Himmel aufsteigen. Wie Glut, die zum Gesang wird, entfachst du die weite Wahrheit — von unseren wohlgefügten Worten willkommen geheißen — für Girvāṇas, den Herrn der inspirierten Rede.

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Word by Word

• आमासु: among/in the unripe (things)
• आमासु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: आम (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₂eh₁m- ‘कच्चा/अपरिपक्व’

• पक्वम्: the ripe (thing)
• पक्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (acc. used as object)
• Root: पक्व (कृदन्त-विशेषण) < √पच् ‘पाक/पचन’

• ऐरयः: you set in motion / you raised
• ऐरयः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईर्/ईरय् ‘प्रेरणे/उत्थापने’

• आ: up, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहयः: you cause to mount / you make rise
• रोहयः: (क्रिया) —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (कारयति) ‘आरोहणे/उत्थापने’ → रोहयति

• दिवि: in heaven / in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘द्युलोक/स्वर्ग’

• घर्मम्: the hot drink/oblation (gharma)
• घर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक) ‘घर्म/उष्णता; घर्म-यज्ञपेय’

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• सामन्तपता: the one who heats thoroughly / the all-heating one
• सामन्तपता: Kartā (as epithet of the addressed deity)
• Type: Noun/Agent noun (epithet)
• Root: सम्-√तप् ‘तापने’ (उपसर्ग सम्) → साम्- (सन्ध्यात्मक) + अन्तपता (विधेय-नाम)

• सुवृक्तिभिः: with well-formed hymns
• सुवृक्तिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-वृक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘सु- (good) + वृक्ति (praise/utterance)’

• जुष्टम्: pleasing, accepted
• जुष्टम्: Karma (as ‘accepted/pleasing’ object)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: जुष्ट (कृदन्त) < √जुष् ‘सेवने/प्रीतौ’

• गिर्वणसे: for the praise-delighting one (Indra)
• गिर्वणसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: गिर्वणस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘स्तोत्रप्रिय/गिर्-वणस्’ (देव-विशेषण, प्रायः इन्द्रस्य)

• बृहत्: great, lofty
• बृहत्: Karma (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘महान्’