Rig Veda 8.22.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.22
Devata: Aśvins
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दशस्यन्ता मनवे पूर्व्यं दिवि यवं वृकेण कर्षथः । ता वामद्य सुमतिभिः शुभस्पती अश्विना प्र स्तुवीमहि ॥
Transliteration
daśasyántā mánave pū́rvyaṃ diví yávam vṛ́keṇa karṣathaḥ | tā́ vām adyá sumatíbhīḥ śubhaspatī aśvínā prá stuvīmahi ||
Translation
マヌを敬い、汝ら二柱は天において、犂（vṛka）により古き大麦を引き出した。ゆえに今日、正しき思慮の恩恵とともに、光輝の主らよ、アシュヴィンよ、われらは汝らを讃歌に掲げる――原初の養いがわれらのうちに生まれんがために。
Word by Word
दशस्यन्ता(you) two praising / honoring
दशस्यन्ता:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootदशस्य (प्रातिपदिक; दशस्यति < √दशस्/दश् ‘to honor, worship, serve’)
मनवेto Manu
मनवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
पूर्व्यम्ancient, primeval (deed/act)
पूर्व्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व्य (प्रातिपदिक < पूर्व)
दिविin heaven
दिवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
यवम्barley / grain
यवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयव (प्रातिपदिक)
वृकेणwith a wolf
वृकेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवृक (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्षथःyou two plough/draw
कर्षथः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृष् (कर्षति ‘to plough, draw, drag’)
ताthose two (things/acts)
ता:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्for you two / of you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अद्यtoday / now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
सुमतिभिःwith good thoughts/favors
सुमतिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसुमति (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + मति)
शुभस्पतीO lords of splendor
शुभस्पती:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (dual epithet)
Rootशुभस्-पति (समास; शुभस् ‘splendor/beauty’ + पति ‘lord’)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (dual deity-name)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्तुवीमहिwe praise
स्तुवीमहि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्तु (स्तौति ‘to praise’)
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