Rig Veda 8.27.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 27, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.27

Devata: Maruts, Viṣṇu, Aśvins, Pūṣan, and chiefly Indra (Vṛtrahan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ प्र यात मरुतो विष्णो अश्विना पूषन्माकीनया धिया । इन्द्र आ यातु प्रथमः सनिष्युभिर्वृषा यो वृत्रहा गृणे ॥

Transliteration

ā prá yāta maruto víṣṇo aśvínā pū́ṣan mākī́nayā dhiyā́ | índra ā yātu prathamáḥ saniṣyúbhir vṛ́ṣā yó vṛtrá-hā gṛṇé ||

Translation

Adelantaos — oh Maruts, oh Viṣṇu, oh Aśvins, oh Pūṣan — con un pensamiento indiviso, que no roba. Y que Indra venga el primero con los que buscan la victoria: el Toro, Vṛtrahan, que mata a Vṛtra, para ser afirmado por nuestro himno.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards (preverb ‘to/near’)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• प्र: forth, forward (intensifying preverb)
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) / pra (preverb)

• यात: go/come (you all), come forth hither
• यात: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / yā ‘to go’

• मरुतः: the Maruts (storm-gods)
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक) / Marut

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) / Viṣṇu

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (Divine Twins)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) / Aśvin

• पूषन्: O Pūṣan
• पूषन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन् (प्रातिपदिक) / Pūṣan

• माकीनया: with no scanty (i.e., abundant)
• माकीनया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माकीन (प्रातिपदिक) / mākīna ‘not small, not scanty’

• धिया: with (our) inspired thought/hymn
• धिया: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धी (प्रातिपदिक) / dhī ‘thought, insight, hymn’

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / Indra

• आ: hither
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• यातु: let him come
• यातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) / yā ‘to go’

• प्रथमः: the first
• प्रथमः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक) / prathama ‘first’

• सनिष्युभिः: with the gain-seekers / with those eager to win
• सनिष्युभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सन्-इष्यु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) / saniṣyu ‘seeking to win, eager to gain’ (< √सन्/सन् ‘to win, gain’ + इच्छार्थक -इष्यु)

• वृषा: the bull (the mighty one)
• वृषा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन्/वृष (प्रातिपदिक) / vṛṣā ‘bull, mighty one’

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / relative pronoun

• वृत्रहा: Vṛtra-slayer
• वृत्रहा: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक) / Vṛtrahan ‘slayer of Vṛtra’

• गृणे: I praise / I sing (to him)
• गृणे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गॄ/गृ (धातु) / √gṛ ‘to sing, praise’