Rig Veda 3.8.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 8, Mantra 6
Sukta 3.8
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional for RV 3.8)
Devata: Vanaspati (sacrificial tree/post) with attendant gods
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires full hymn metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यान्वो नरो देवयन्तो निमिम्युर्वनस्पते स्वधितिर्वा ततक्ष । ते देवासः स्वरवस्तस्थिवांसः प्रजावदस्मे दिधिषन्तु रत्नम् ॥
Transliteration
yā́n vo náro devayánto nimimyúr vánaspate svádhitir vā tatákṣa | té devā́saḥ sváravas tasthivā́ṃsaḥ prajā́vad asmé didhiṣantu rátnaṃ ||
Translation
森木の主（vanaspati）よ、神を求める人々（nara）が測り定めたもの、あるいは輝く斧（svadhiti）が削り成したもの——その自らの光輝（svar）に立つ神々が、われらのうちに、子孫に富む宝を据え置かれますように。
Word by Word
यान्whom/which (those)
यान्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / य- (relative pronoun stem)
वःof you (your)
वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
नरःmen
नरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
देवयन्तःworshipping the gods, god-seeking
देवयन्तः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootदेवयन्त् (देवय् + शतृ; from denom. verb देवयति ‘to worship/seek the gods’)
निमिम्युःthey fashioned, they built
निमिम्युः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मा (मि) ‘to measure; to form/build’ with नि-; (Vedic perfect/aorist-type form)
वनस्पतेO Lord of the wood (tree; wood-deity)
वनस्पते:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootवनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वधितिःthe axe
स्वधितिः:
कर्तृ (विकल्पे)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वधिति (प्रातिपदिक)
वाor
वा:
समुच्चय/विकल्प
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
ततक्षhe/it fashioned, hewed
ततक्ष:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√तक्ष् ‘to hew, fashion, carpenter’
तेthey (those)
ते:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
देवासःthe gods
देवासः:
कर्तृ (अप्पोजिशन to ते)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
स्वरवःpossessing svar (light/heavenly radiance)
स्वरवः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वरवत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having svar/sunlight/voice’; Vedic stem)
तस्थिवांसःhaving stood, standing firm
तस्थिवांसः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Root√स्था ‘to stand’ → तस्थिवांस् (perfect active participle)
प्रजावत्with offspring, progeny-rich
प्रजावत्:
विशेषण (फल-विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रजावत् (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मेto us / for us
अस्मे:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
दिधिषन्तुlet them bestow
दिधिषन्तु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√धा ‘to place, bestow’ with desiderative stem दिधिष-
रत्नम्treasure, gift
रत्नम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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