Rig Veda 8.5.25: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 25

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Kāṇva (Kanva lineage; verse cites lineage exempla)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify per edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यथा चित्कण्वमावतं प्रियमेधमुपस्तुतम् । अत्रिं शिञ्जारमश्विना ॥

Transliteration

yáthā cit kaṇvám ā́vatam priyámedham upastutám | átriṃ śiñjā́ram aśvinā ||

Translation

Sebagaimana dahulu kalian datang menolong Kaṇva, Priyamedha yang dipuji dalam upacara, dan Atri dalam himpitan saat pemerasan soma—demikianlah kini, wahai Aśvin, datanglah pada seruan kami dengan daya penyelamat yang sama.

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Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa (manner/comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• चित्: indeed, even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (avyaya)

• कण्वम्: Kanva (the seer)
• कण्वम्: Karma (object of ‘helped/favoured’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (prātipadika; proper name)

• आवतम्: you two helped / favoured
• आवतम्: Kriyā (finite verb; governs कर्म ‘कण्वम्’ etc.)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु; ‘to help, favour, protect’) + आ- (prefix)

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: Karma (as part of object NP)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (prātipadika)

• मेधम्: Priyamedha (seer)
• मेधम्: Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेध (prātipadika; proper name/epithet ‘Medha/Medhā’; here as name Priyamedha)

• उपस्तुतम्: praised, lauded
• उपस्तुतम्: Karma (qualifier within object NP)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: उप-स्तु (धातु √स्तु ‘to praise’) → क्त (past passive participle)

• अत्रिम्: Atri (seer)
• अत्रिम्: Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’ understood)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि (prātipadika; proper name)

• शिञ्जारम्: Śiñjāra (a seer/personage)
• शिञ्जारम्: Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’ understood)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिञ्जार (prātipadika; proper name/epithet, Vedic)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana (addressed agents of the action)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)