Rig Veda 8.12.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 12, Mantra 19
Sukta 8.12
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gayatri (likely; needs confirmation by metrical count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
देवंदेवं वोऽवस इन्द्रमिन्द्रं गृणीषणि । अधा यज्ञाय तुर्वणे व्यानशुः ॥
Transliteration
deváṁ-deváṁ vo’váse índram-indraṁ gṛṇī́ṣaṇi | ádhā yajñā́ya turváṇe vyā́naśuḥ ||
Translation
汝らの庇護のために、われらはインドラを、インドラを、神より神へと新たに讃えよう。しかして、疾走する祭儀のために、彼らは広く到達した。
Word by Word
देवम्the god
देवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < दिव् (दीप्तौ)
देवम्the god (again; emphatic repetition)
देवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) < दिव् (दीप्तौ)
वःof you / your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवसेfor help, for aid
अवसे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रम्Indra (again; emphatic repetition)
इन्द्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
गृणीषणिlet us praise / we would praise
गृणीषणि:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम् ‘we’ implied)
TypeVerb
Rootगॄ (स्तुतौ) धातु; desiderative stem गृणीष-
अधाthen, thereafter
अधा:
सम्बन्ध/काल-निपात
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधा (निपात)
यज्ञायfor the sacrifice
यज्ञाय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) < यज् (देवपूजासंगतिकरणदानादिषु)
तुर्वणेfor Turvaṇa (a patron/epithet in RV context)
तुर्वणे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootतुर्वण (प्रातिपदिक; RV epithet/name, ‘swift/impetuous’)
व्यानशुःthey reached / they attained / they came to
व्यानशुः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = ते/जनाः implied)
TypeVerb
Rootव्य्-अश् (अश्/अश्नुते ‘to reach, attain’) with prefix वि-; perfect/aorist-type RV form
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