Rig Veda 8.20.21: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 21
Sukta 8.20
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.20, Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Maruts
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 8.20; verse-length and cadence align with common Marut hymns)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
गावश्चिद्घा समन्यवः सजात्येन मरुतः सबन्धवः । रिहते ककुभो मिथः ॥
Transliteration
gā́vaś cid ghā sa-manyavaḥ sa-jātyéna marutaḥ sa-bándhavaḥ | riháte kakúbho mitháḥ ||
Translation
光の光線（「牝牛」）でさえ、まことに同じ衝動、同じ同族である。しかるに、マルトたちよ、汝らもまた共通の生まれと相互の絆によって結ばれている。汝らは互いに迫り合い、相手の高み（kakúbha）に触れ、ひとつの兄弟なる力として進む。
Word by Word
गावःcows
गावः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) प्रत्यय: -अस् (गो-शब्द) → बहुवचन प्रथमा
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय/निपात) < PIE *kʷid
घindeed
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (अव्यय/निपात) वैदिक-प्रयोगः
समन्यवःof one mind / like-minded
समन्यवः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypeAdjective
Rootसमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक) = ‘समान-मन्यु/सम-मन्यु’ (having like-mindedness/like wrath)
सजात्येनby (their) common kinship / by sameness of kind
सजात्येन:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootसजात्य (प्रातिपदिक) < स-जाति ‘same kind/kinship’
मरुतःthe Maruts
मरुतः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootमरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
सबन्धवःhaving common bonds / kindred
सबन्धवः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्) / विशेष्य-सम्बन्धः
TypeAdjective
Rootसबन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) = स-बन्धु ‘having the same kin/relations’
रिहतेthey lick / lap
रिहते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√रिह् (रिह्/लिह्) ‘to lick, lap, graze upon’
ककुभःthe peaks / the quarters (directions)
ककुभः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootककुभ् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘peak, summit; quarter/direction’
मिथःmutually / with one another
मिथः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथस् (अव्यय) ‘mutually, one another’
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