Mantra 9
Sukta 8.98
Rishi: Unknown/uncertain (Anukramaṇī attribution not provided in input)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or a short meter (verse is compact; confirm by scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
युञ्जन्ति हरी इषिरस्य गाथयोरौ रथ उरुयुगे । इन्द्रवाहा वचोयुजा ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
यु॒ञ्जन्ति॒ हरी॑ इषि॒रस्य॒ गाथ॑यो॒रौ रथ॑ उ॒रुयु॑गे । इ॒न्द्र॒वाहा॑ वचो॒युजा॑ ॥
Transliteration
yuñjánti hárī iṣirásya gā́thayor áu rátha urúyuge | indrāvā́hā vacoyújā ||
Translation
They yoke the two tawny steeds for the impetuous one, for the two chants, on the wide car with the wide yoke—those that bring Indra, yoked by the word.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
यु॒ञ्जन्ति॑ । हरी॒ इति॑ । इ॒षि॒रस्य॑ । गाथ॑या । उ॒रौ । रथे॑ । उ॒रुऽयु॑गे । इ॒न्द्र॒ऽवाहा॑ । व॒चः॒ऽयुजा॑ ॥युञ्जन्ति । हरी इति । इषिरस्य । गाथया । उरौ । रथे । उरुयुगे । इन्द्रवाहा । वचःयुजा ॥yuñjanti | harī iti | iṣirasya | gāthayā | urau | rathe | uru-yuge | indra-vāhā | vacaḥ-yujā
Word by Word
युञ्जन्तिthey yoke / harness
युञ्जन्ति:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (युजँ)
हरीthe two tawny steeds (of Indra)
हरी:
कर्म (युज्-क्रियायाः)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि- (प्रातिपदिक) < हर् (हरति) ‘to be tawny/bright’ (lexical base)
इषिरस्यof the swift (one)
इषिरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी) — ‘of the swift one’
TypeAdjective
Rootइषिर- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘swift, vigorous’
गाथयोःof the two songs / in the two chants
गाथयोः:
सम्बन्ध/अधिकरण (contextual) — ‘of/in the two songs’
TypeNoun
Rootगाथा- (प्रातिपदिक)
औand / indeed (particle)
औ:
(निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootऔ (निपात/अव्यय; Vedic particle, often emphatic/connecting)
रथःthe chariot
रथः:
कर्तृ (युज्-क्रियायाः; ‘the chariot [is yoked/gets yoked]’ as subject) अथवा विषय-निर्देश
TypeNoun
Rootरथ- (प्रातिपदिक)
उरुयुगेat/in the wide yoke (broadly-yoked)
उरुयुगे:
अधिकरण (सप्तमी) — ‘in/at the broad yoke’
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootउरु- + युग- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रवाहाO Indra-bearers (you two who carry Indra)
इन्द्रवाहा:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (vocative compound)
Rootइन्द्र- + वाह- (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
वचोयुजाyoked by/with (sacred) speech
वचोयुजा:
करण (तृतीया) — ‘by/with speech as yoke’
TypeAdjective (instrumental compound)
Rootवचस्- + युज् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)