Rig Veda 8.2.27: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 27

Sukta 8.2

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input.

Devata: Indra (with harī and girvaṇas epithets)

Chandas: Likely Tr̥ṣṭubh/Jagatī family; requires verification.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एह हरी ब्रह्मयुजा शग्मा वक्षतः सखायम् । गीर्भिः श्रुतं गिर्वणसम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.2.27

Transliteration

ā́ ihá harī́ brahma-yújā śagmā́ vakṣataḥ sákhāyam | gī́rbʰiḥ śrutáṃ gírvaṇasam ||

Translation

Hither, here—let the two tawny steeds yoked to the inspired Word bring the Friend, the Strong; him who is made heard by our songs, Indra the accepter of the hymns.

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Word by Word

• एह: hither, here (come!)
• एह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (deictic particle) / इ (as in इह)

• हरी: the two bay horses (of Indra)
• हरी: Kartā (as subject of वक्षतः) / or Karma (as object of implied ‘bring’)
• Type: Noun (dual) / epithet
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मयुजा: yoked with/for the sacred formulation (brahman), hymn-yoked
• ब्रह्मयुजा: Kartā/Karma (agreeing with हरी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + युज (युज् ‘to yoke’) → बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष समास

• शग्मा: strong, vigorous, able
• शग्मा: Kartā/Karma (agreeing with हरी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शग्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• वक्षतः: (you two) bring / convey
• वक्षतः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु) ‘to carry/bring’

• सखायम्: the friend (Indra)
• सखायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखा (प्रातिपदिक)

• गीर्भिः: with hymns
• गीर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीर् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘song, hymn’

• श्रुतम्: heard-of, renowned
• श्रुतम्: Karma (agreeing with गिर्वणसम्)
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत (कृदन्त, भूतकृत) / or श्रुत (प्रातिपदिक) ‘famed’

• गिर्वणसम्: the song-praised one (Indra)
• गिर्वणसम्: Karma (apposition to सखायम्)
• Type: Noun/Epithet
• Root: गिर्वणस् (प्रातिपदिक; epithet of Indra ‘praised by songs’)