Mantra 35
Sukta 8.5
Rishi: Same RV 8.5 cycle seer.
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā).
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-family (needs metrical audit).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
हिरण्ययेन रथेन द्रवत्पाणिभिरश्वैः । धीजवना नासत्या ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
हि॒र॒ण्यये॑न॒ रथे॑न द्र॒वत्पा॑णिभि॒रश्वै॑: । धीज॑वना॒ नास॑त्या ॥
Transliteration
hiraṇyáyena ráthena drávátpāṇibhir áśvaiḥ | dhī́javanā nā́satyā ||
Translation
With the golden chariot, with horses whose very ‘hands’ are swift, O Nāsatyas, rapid in inspired thought—enter our being and make our intelligence a speed of light that carries the life forward in truth.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
हि॒र॒ण्यये॑न । रथे॑न । द्र॒वत्पा॑णिऽभिः । अश्वैः॑ । धीऽज॑वना । नास॑त्या ॥हिरण्ययेन । रथेन । द्रवत्पाणिभिः । अश्वैः । धीजवना । नासत्या ॥hiraṇyayena | rathena | dravatpāṇi-bhiḥ | aśvaiḥ | dhī-javanā | nāsatyā
Word by Word
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
हिरण्ययेनwith/by the golden
हिरण्ययेन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
रथेनchariot
रथेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
द्रवत्पाणिभिःwith swift hands (having running/quick hands)
द्रवत्पाणिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootद्रवत्-पाणि (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
अश्वैःwith horses
अश्वैः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
धीजवनाःswift through thought / thought-impelled swift ones
धीजवनाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootधी-जवन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
नासत्याthe Nāsatyas (the Aśvins)
नासत्या:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootनासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ-देवनाम)