Rig Veda 8.73.11: Mandala 8, Sukta 73, Mantra 11

Sukta 8.73

Rishi: Atri (probable, as the hymn repeatedly references Atraye; traditional attribution to Atri or Atris in Aśvin hymns)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable: short refrain-like structure; exact meter requires full hymn scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

किमिदं वां पुराणवज्जरतोरिव शस्यते । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.73.11

Transliteration

kím idáṃ vāṃ purāṇaváj járator iva śasyate | ánti ṣádbhūtu vāmávaḥ ||

Translation

Apakah ini yang tentang kalian dikatakan seakan-akan kuno, seperti kisah tua? Semoga pertolongan kalian dekat dan sungguh hadir.

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Word by Word

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम् (प्रश्न-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: of you two / for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (द्विवचन-षष्ठी/द्वितीया रूप: वाम्)

• पुराणवत्: as in olden times
• पुराणवत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Adverbial
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)

• जरतोर्: of the two aged ones
• जरतोर्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: जरत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘old/aged’)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शस्यते: is praised / is proclaimed
• शस्यते: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु)

• अन्ति: near, in the presence
• अन्ति: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्ति (निपात/अव्यय; ‘near’)

• षत्: sitting (present)
• षत्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Verbal form (participle-like) / frozen form
• Root: सद् (धातु; ‘to sit’) → शत्/षत् (वेदिक रूप)

• भूतु: let it be
• भूतु: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• वाम्: of you two / for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (द्विवचन-षष्ठी/द्वितीया रूप: वाम्)

• अवः: help, protection
• अवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग प्रातिपदिक; ‘help, protection, favor’)