Mantra 16
Sukta 8.26
Devata: Aśvinau
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वाहिष्ठो वां हवानां स्तोमो दूतो हुवन्नरा । युवाभ्यां भूत्वश्विना ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
वाहि॑ष्ठो वां॒ हवा॑नां॒ स्तोमो॑ दू॒तो हु॑वन्नरा । यु॒वाभ्यां॑ भूत्वश्विना ॥
Transliteration
vā́hiṣṭho vāṃ hávānāṃ stómo dūtó huvan narā́ | yuvā́bhyāṃ bhūtv aśvinā ||
Translation
This hymn of invocation, the best carrier, becomes a messenger calling you, O two strong ones; may it be made one with you both, O Aśvins.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
वाहि॑ष्ठः । वा॒म् । हवा॑नाम् । स्तोमः॑ । दू॒तः । हु॒व॒त् । न॒रा॒ । यु॒वाभ्या॑म् । भू॒तु॒ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ ॥वाहिष्ठः । वाम् । हवानाम् । स्तोमः । दूतः । हुवत् । नरा । युवाभ्याम् । भूतु । अश्विना ॥vāhiṣṭhaḥ | vām | havānām | stomaḥ | dūtaḥ | huvat | narā | yuvābhyām | bhūtu | aśvinā
Word by Word
वाहिष्ठःmost conveying / best as a carrier (i.e., best messenger)
वाहिष्ठः:
Kartā (of implied ‘is/acts as’)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाहिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of वह/वाह ‘to carry, convey’)
वाम्for you two / of you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna (goal/recipient sense: ‘for you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)
हवानाम्of the invocations/calls
हवानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootहव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘invocation, call’; from √ह्वा ‘to call, invoke’)
स्तोमःthe hymn of praise
स्तोमः:
Kartā (subject) / Apposition
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक; from √स्तु ‘to praise’)
दूतःmessenger
दूतः:
Kartā (in apposition to ‘स्तोमः’)
TypeNoun
Rootदूत (प्रातिपदिक)
हुवन्invoking / calling
हुवन्:
Kartā (participle qualifying the subject)
TypeVerb (Participle)
Root√ह्वा (to call, invoke) → present active participle
नराO two men/heroes (i.e., the Aśvins)
नरा:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
युवाभ्याम्by/with you two
युवाभ्याम्:
Karaṇa (instrument/association: ‘by/with you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुव (pronominal stem ‘you two’)
भूत्वाhaving become
भूत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (prior action to main sense)
TypeVerb (Gerund)
Root√भू (to be, become) → absolutive
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; name/epithet of the twin gods)