Rig Veda 8.22.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.22
Devata: Aśvins
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
युवो रथस्य परि चक्रमीयत ईर्मान्यद्वामिषण्यति । अस्माँ अच्छा सुमतिर्वां शुभस्पती आ धेनुरिव धावतु ॥
Transliteration
yuvó ráthasya pári cakrám ī́yatē ī́rmā́ anyád vām iṣaṇyati | asmā́n ácchā sumatír vāṃ śubhaspatī ā́ dhenúr iva dhāvatu ||
Translation
Round your chariot-wheel it moves; another power of yours urges it on. Toward us may your right-minded grace, O lords of splendour, run like a cow to her calf—swift, nourishing, and sure.
Word by Word
युवोःof you two
युवोः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुव (युष्मद्-प्रत्ययान्त द्विवचन-षष्ठी) / युष्मद्
रथस्यof the chariot
रथस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
परिaround
परि:
अधिकरण/दिशा-निर्देश (circumstantial)
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb/Adverb)
Rootपरि
चक्रमीयतwent/rolled about
चक्रमीयत:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootक्रम् (उपसर्ग: चक्-?; here: चक्रम् + ईयत from √इ/√या?; Vedic: desiderative/iterative sense ‘to go about’)
ईर्मान्the impeller/driver
ईर्मान्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootईर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘impulse/drive/impeller’)
यद्when/that which
यद्:
सम्बन्ध (relative)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्
वाम्to/for you two
वाम्:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (to/for you two)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
इषण्यतिurges/impels
इषण्यति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (प्रेरणे) / इष् + ण्य (causative/denominative nuance in Vedic)
अस्मान्us
अस्मान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अच्छाtowards
अच्छा:
दिशा-निर्देश
TypeIndeclinable (Adverb/Preposition)
Rootअच्छा
सुमतिःgood thought/favor
सुमतिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + मति
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
शुभस्पतीO lords of splendor
शुभस्पती:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative compound)
Rootशुभस् + पति
आhither/unto
आ:
क्रिया-विशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (Preverb)
Rootआ
धेनुःa cow
धेनुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु
इवlike
इव:
उपमान
TypeIndeclinable (Particle)
Rootइव
धावतुlet (it) run/come swiftly
धावतु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootधाव् (गतौ) + तु (imperative)
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