Rig Veda 8.1.8 - Mandala 8, Sukta 1, Mantra 8

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Rig Veda 8.1.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 1, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.1

Rishi: Kāṇva (Kāṇva lineage)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely; verse-length and explicit gāyatram)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्रास्मै गायत्रमर्चत वावातुर्यः पुरंदरः । याभिः काण्वस्योप बर्हिरासदं यासद्वज्री भिनत्पुरः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.1.8

Transliteration

prā́smai gāyatram arcata vāvāturyáḥ puraṃdaráḥ | yā́bhiḥ kāṇvasyópa barhír āsádam yā́sad vajrī́ bhínat púraḥ ||

Translation

Persembahkan kepadanya kidung Gāyatrī—yang melaju deras, pemecah kepungan—dengan daya-daya itulah ia mendekat ke tempat duduk Kāṇva di atas rumput suci; sang pemegang vajra pun datang dan membelah benteng-benteng yang tertutup.

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward (preverb)

अस्मैto him

गायत्रम्the Gāyatra (hymn/chant in gāyatrī-metre)

अर्चतpraise! sing!

वावातुःhas blown/roared (mightily)

यःwho

पुरंदरःthe fort-destroyer (Indra)

याभिःwith which (ones)

काण्वस्यof the Kāṇva (seer/lineage)

उपnear, towards

बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (barhis)

आunto, hither (preverb)

सदंsat down; took seat

यासद्came and sat; approached to sit

वज्रीthe wielder of the vajra (Indra)

भिनत्split; broke

पुरःforts, strongholds

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