Mantra 10

Sukta 8.46

Devata: Indra (continuation of the Indra-savana sequence; 'mahāmaha' as laudatory vocative)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गव्यो षु णो यथा पुराश्वयोत रथया । वरिवस्य महामह ॥

Samhita Patha (IAST)

ग॒व्यो षु णो॒ यथा॑ पु॒राश्व॒योत र॑थ॒या । व॒रि॒व॒स्य म॑हामह ॥

Transliteration

gavýo ṣu ṇo yáthā purā́śvayóta rathayā́ | varivasyá mahāmaha ||

Translation

Make for us the wide passage to the Light, as of old—by the horse-force and by the chariot-force; O Great One, do thou enlarge our free room and right movement.

Padapatha (Word Analysis)

ग॒व्यः॑ । सु । नः॒ । यथा॑ । पु॒रा । अ॒श्व॒ऽया । उ॒त । र॒थ॒ऽया । व॒रि॒व॒स्य । म॒हा॒ऽम॒ह॒ ॥गव्यः । सु । नः । यथा । पुरा । अश्वया । उत । रथया । वरिवस्य । महामह ॥gavyaḥ | su | ṇaḥ | yathā | purā | aśva-yā | uta | ratha-yā | varivasya | mahāmaha

Word by Word

• गव्यः: (he/it) being ‘of cattle’, cattle-rich
• गव्यः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्य (गो-सम्बन्धी prātipadika; from गो)

• सु: indeed, well, surely
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (particle)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (हित/सम्बन्धः: ‘for us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पुरा: formerly, of old
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa (कालः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• अश्वयः: horse-rich; having horses
• अश्वयः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्वय (अश्व-सम्बन्धी prātipadika; from अश्व)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• रथयाः: chariot-rich; having chariots
• रथयाः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथय (रथ-सम्बन्धी prātipadika; from रथ)

• वरिवस्य: room, free scope; favour/help
• वरिवस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरिवस् (n. ‘wide space, room, favour, help’ prātipadika)

• महा-मह: praise greatly!; magnify!
• महा-मह: —
• Type: Verb (injunctive/imperative-like Vedic form used as exhortation)
• Root: महा-मह (Vedic kṛdanta/nominal: ‘greatly praising’; from √मह्/√मंह् ‘to honour/praise’ with intensification)