Rig Veda 8.8.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 16
Sukta 8.8
Rishi: Vatsa (Kāṇva)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रास्मा ऊर्जं घृतश्चुतमश्विना यच्छतं युवम् । यो वां सुम्नाय तुष्टवद्वसूयाद्दानुनस्पती ॥
Transliteration
prāsmā́ ūrjáṃ ghṛtaścútam aśvinā yácchataṃ yuvám | yó vāṃ sumnā́ya túṣṭavad vasūyā́d dānunaspatī ||
Translation
Accordez-lui l’énergie ruisselante, distillant le ghṛta, ô Aśvins, vous deux. Celui qui, pour votre faveur, vous a loués, aspirant aux richesses (vasu) — ô seigneurs du don, Dānunaspatī — qu’il soit soutenu par cette puissance.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
अस्मैto this (one), to him
अस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
ऊर्जम्strength, nourishment
ऊर्जम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्ज् (ऊर्जा-)
घृतश्चुतम्ghee-dripping, flowing with ghee
घृतश्चुतम्:
विशेषण (of कर्म)
TypeAdjective (past passive participle) used as qualifier
Rootघृत + √च्युत्/√च्यु (च्युत ‘dripping’)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (deity name)
Rootअश्विन् (dual stem)
यच्छतम्grant (you two), bestow
यच्छतम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√यम् (यच्छ- ‘to give/offer/extend’)
युवम्you two
युवम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्तृ
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद्
वाम्of you two / to you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / सम्प्रदान (if taken as dative)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
सुम्नायfor (your) favor, for grace
सुम्नाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootसुम्न (सु+म्न ‘favor, grace’)
तुष्टवत्praising gladly; with satisfaction
तुष्टवत्:
विशेषण (of कर्तृ)
TypeAdjective (kṛdanta/possessive) used adverbially
Root√तुष् + -वत् (possessive)
वसूयात्would seek wealth; would desire riches
वसूयात्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवसूय (denom.) < वसु ‘wealth’
दानुनस्पतीO lords connected with Dānu (epithet of the Aśvins)
दानुनस्पती:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet, deity-address)
Rootदानुनस्-पति (compound: ‘lord of Dānu/दानु’; epithet)
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