Mantra 5
Sukta 8.69
Rishi: Pragātha tradition of Mandala 8 (exact ṛṣi attribution for 8.69.5 not provided in input; commonly indexed under Kāṇva-associated collections)
Devata: Indra (implicitly via his harayaḥ; the hymn section is Indra-centered)
Chandas: Likely Jagatī/Triṣṭubh-family cadence (needs padic syllable count verification from full hymn prosody tables)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ हरयः ससृज्रिरेऽरुषीरधि बर्हिषि । यत्राभि संनवामहे ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
आ हर॑यः ससृज्रि॒रेऽरु॑षी॒रधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ । यत्रा॒भि सं॒नवा॑महे ॥
Transliteration
ā hárayaḥ sasṛjrire ’rúṣīr ádhi barhíṣi | yátrābhí saṃnávāmahe ||
Translation
Come—let the tawny powers be loosed and set upon the sacred seat, where we may join together in a common harmony of aspiration and offering.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
आ । हर॑यः । स॒सृ॒ज्रि॒रे॒ । अरु॑षीः । अधि॑ । ब॒र्हिषि॑ । यत्र॑ । अ॒भि । स॒म्ऽनवा॑महे ॥आ । हरयः । ससृज्रिरे । अरुषीः । अधि । बर्हिषि । यत्र । अभि । सम्नवामहे ॥ā | harayaḥ | sasṛjrire | aruṣīḥ | adhi | barhiṣi | yatra | abhi | sam-navāmahe
Word by Word
आhither, forth (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
हरयःthe bay steeds (horses)
हरयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
ससृज्रिरेhave rushed forth / have been set in motion
ससृज्रिरे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√सृज् (सृजति) / √sṛj ‘to let go, send forth, rush’
अरुषीःthe ruddy (mares/steeds)
अरुषीः:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअरुषी (प्रातिपदिक) < अरुष (adj. ‘ruddy, tawny’)
अधिupon
अधि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/उपपद-अव्यय)
बर्हिषिon the sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिषि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
अभिtowards
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
संtogether, wholly
सं:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्/सं (उपसर्ग)
नवामहेwe praise / we laud
नवामहे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√नु/√नव् (वैदिक) ‘to praise, laud’ (cf. नवते)