Rig Veda 10.40.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 40, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.40
Devata: Aśvinau
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
युवं ह कृशं युवमश्विना शयुं युवं विधन्तं विधवामुरुष्यथः । युवं सनिभ्यः स्तनयन्तमश्विनाप व्रजमूर्णुथः सप्तास्यम् ॥
Transliteration
yuváṃ ha kṛśáṃ yuvám aśvinā śayúṃ yuváṃ vidhántaṃ vidhávām uruṣyathaḥ | yuváṃ saníbhyaḥ stanáyantam aśvinā́pa vrajám ūrṇuthaḥ saptā́syam ||
Translation
汝らはまことに弱き者を扶けたり。汝ら、アシュヴィン双神はシャユを扶け、供犠をなす者を、彼女を呑み尽くす寡居の災いより護りたり。汝ら、アシュヴィンは利を求むる者のために、雷鳴する囲いを開き放ちたり——七つの口をもつもの（多くの流れの解放）。
Word by Word
युवाम्you two
युवाम्:
सम्बोधन/कर्तृ (contextually addressed to the Aśvins)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
हindeed, surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह
कृशम्the emaciated (one)
कृशम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootकृश
युवम्you two
युवम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two horsemen)
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन्
शयुम्the lying/afflicted one (a sufferer)
शयुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशयु
युवम्you two
युवम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
विधन्तम्the one performing service/worship (bestowing/arranging)
विधन्तम्:
कर्म
TypeVerb-derived participle
Root√धा (धा/धि) with vi-; present participle
विधवाम्of widows
विधवाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootविधवा
उरुष्यथःyou two protect/relieve
उरुष्यथः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√उरुष् (uruṣ) / denominative ‘to make wide, to protect, to relieve’
युवम्you two
युवम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
सनिभ्यःfrom/for the needy (seekers of gain)
सनिभ्यः:
अपादान/सम्प्रदान (context-dependent)
TypeNoun
Rootसनि
स्तनयन्तम्thundering, roaring
स्तनयन्तम्:
कर्म
TypeVerb-derived participle
Root√स्तनय् (to thunder/roar)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन्
अपaway, off; (with verb) open/uncover
अप:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / particle
Rootअप
व्रजम्enclosure, pen, stall
व्रजम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज
ऊर्णुथःyou two open/uncover
ऊर्णुथः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (vṛ) with ud-/ā?; Vedic form ऊर्णु- ‘to open/uncover’
सप्तास्यम्the seven-mouthed (enclosure/cave)
सप्तास्यम्:
कर्म (apposition to व्रजम्) / विशेषण
TypeCompound adjective (bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa) used substantively
Rootसप्त + आस्य
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free Google sign-in keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.