Rig Veda 8.22.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.22

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.22)

Devata: Aśvinau (the twin powers of swift help, healing, and right movement)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; hymn RV 8.22 is predominantly Jagatī in many verses, though mixed meters occur)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उप नो वाजिनीवसू यातमृतस्य पथिभिः । येभिस्तृक्षिं वृषणा त्रासदस्यवं महे क्षत्राय जिन्वथः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.22.7

Transliteration

úpa no vājinīvasū yātám ṛtásya pathíbhiḥ | yébhis tṛ́kṣiṃ vṛṣaṇā trāsadásyavam mahé kṣatrā́ya jínvathaḥ ||

Translation

われらのもとへ近づき来たれ、豊饒と勝勢の二主よ。ṛta（正・真理の秩序）の道を行きて来たれ。その同じ力によって――強き者たちよ――汝らはトリクシ（Tr̥kṣi）においてトラーサダスユ（Trāsadasyu）の大いなるkṣatra（王権・主宰の力）を奮い立たせた。かくてわれらのうちにも、魂の主権の力を増し広げたまえ。

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Word by Word

• उप: near, towards
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• नः: to us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• वाजिनीवसू: O you two rich in steeds/strength (epithet of the Aśvins)
• वाजिनीवसू: — (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (dual vocative epithet)
• Root: वाजिनी-वसु (प्रातिपदिक; वाजिनी ‘swift mare/strength’ + वसु ‘good/wealth’)

• यातम्: come, drive hither (you two)
• यातम्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थे)

• ऋतस्य: of ṛta (cosmic order/truth)
• ऋतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पथिभिः: by/along the paths
• पथिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथि/पथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• येभिः: by which (paths)
• येभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• तृक्षिम्: Tṛkṣi (a man/king)
• तृक्षिम्: Karma
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: तृक्षि (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

• वृषणा: O you two mighty ones
• वृषणा: — (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृषण (प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रासदस्यवम्: Trasadasyu (son of Purukutsa; famed king)
• त्रासदस्यवम्: Karma
• Type: Proper Noun
• Root: त्रासदस्यव (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)

• महे: for great (…)
• महे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षत्राय: for sovereignty/power
• क्षत्राय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• जिन्वथः: you two invigorate / make prosper
• जिन्वथः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जिव्/जिन्व् (धातु; ‘to set in motion, invigorate, prosper’)