Rig Veda 8.38.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 38, Mantra 10

Sukta 8.38

Rishi: Śyāvāśva Ātreya (Anukramaṇī attribution for this Indrāgnī hymn; consistent with 8.38 context)

Devata: Indra-Agni (with Sarasvatī as empowering presence)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (implied by explicit mention; verse is in gāyatrī cadence)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आहं सरस्वतीवतोरिन्द्राग्न्योरवो वृणे । याभ्यां गायत्रमृच्यते ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.38.10

Transliteration

ā́haṃ sárasvatī-vatoḥ indrā́gnyor ávo vṛṇe | yā́bhyāṃ gāyatrám ṛcyáte ||

Translation

われはサラスヴァティー（Sarasvatī）の力を伴い来たるインドラ—アグニの護りの助けを呼び、これを選び取る。この二神によって、ガーヤトリー（Gāyatrī）はわれらの内に生きた詠唱となる。

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Word by Word

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सरस्वतीवतोर्: of the two who are accompanied by Sarasvatī / having Sarasvatī
• सरस्वतीवतोर्: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective (possessive)
• Root: सरस्वतीवत् (प्रातिपदिक; सरस्वती + वत्)

• इन्द्राग्न्योः: of Indra and Agni (the two)
• इन्द्राग्न्योः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि (समास/द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• अवः: help, favor, protection
• अवः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृणे: I choose / I seek
• वृणे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणुते)

• याभ्याम्: by which two (by whom both)
• याभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• गायत्रम्: the Gāyatra (hymn/metre)
• गायत्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋच्यते: is sung/recited as a ṛc (is made into a verse)
• ऋच्यते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋच् (ऋच्यति/ऋच्यते)