Rig Veda 8.7.28: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 28

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kāṇva (tradition; confirm)

Devata: Maruts (bright host moving with chariots; waters stirred)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदेषां पृषती रथे प्रष्टिर्वहति रोहितः । यान्ति शुभ्रा रिणन्नपः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.7.28

Transliteration

yád eṣā́ṃ pṛ́ṣatī rathe práṣṭir váhati róhitaḥ | yā́nti śubhrā́ riṇánn apáḥ ||

Translation

Jab unka chitka hua ghoda rath mein hota hai aur laal ghoda aage khainchta hai, tab yeh chamakne wale shakti waale jaate hain. Woh jaate hain aur paani mein hulchul macha dete hain.

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Word by Word

• यत्: when / that which
• यत्: Adhikaraṇa (temporal/relative connector)
• Type: Indeclinable (relative pronoun used as conjunction)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• एषाम्: of them
• एषाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• पृषती: the speckled (mare/doe)
• पृषती: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृषत्/पृषती (prātipadika; ‘speckled doe/mare’)

• रथे: on/in the chariot
• रथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (prātipadika)

• प्रष्टिः: the whip/goad
• प्रष्टिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रष्टि (prātipadika; ‘goad/whip, lash’)

• वहति: carries / bears
• वहति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)

• रोहितः: the red (steed)
• रोहितः: Kartā (with implied subject ‘steed’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: रोहित (prātipadika; ‘red, ruddy’; also ‘the red (steed)’)

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)

• शुभ्राः: the bright/white ones
• शुभ्राः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: शुभ्र (prātipadika)

• रिणन्: sounding, ringing
• रिणन्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Verbal participle (present active) used adverbially
• Root: रिण्/रिण् (धातु; ‘to sound, ring’)

• अपः: the waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (prātipadika; ‘water’)