Rig Veda 8.42.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 42, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.42

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यथा वामत्रिरश्विना गीर्भिर्विप्रो अजोहवीत् । नासत्या सोमपीतये नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥

Transliteration

yáthā vāṃ átrir aśvinā gī́rbhir vípro ájohavīt | nā́satyā sóma-pītaye nábhantām anyaké samé ||

Translation

かつてアトリが霊感の歌によって汝らアシュヴィンを呼び招いたように、我もまた汝らナーサティヤを、ソーマを飲むために招請する。ほかの諸々の運行も、等しき和合のうちに輝け。

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Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)

• वाम्: you two (Aśvins)
• वाम्: Karma (of the verb of calling) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अत्रिः: Atri (the seer)
• अत्रिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: अत्रि (ऋषिनाम)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: Sampradāna (addressee) / Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper, dual deity-name)
• Root: अश्विन् (देवनाम)

• गीर्भिः: with hymns/utterances
• गीर्भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (स्त्री)

• विप्रः: the inspired poet/seer
• विप्रः: Kartā (apposition to अत्रिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• अजोहवीत्: called/invoked
• अजोहवीत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ह्वे/ह्वा (आह्वाने) with preverb आ-; intensive/iterative stem johav- (Vedic)

• नासत्या: O Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
• नासत्या: Sampradāna (addressee) / Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper, dual deity-epithet)
• Root: नासत्य (देवनाम)

• सोमपीतये: for the drinking of Soma
• सोमपीतये: Sampradāna / Prayojana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोमपीति (स्त्री) / सोम-पीति (समास)

• नभन्ताम्: let the two hasten/press on
• नभन्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नभ् (नभने/हिंसायाम्—Vedic: ‘to press on, hasten, strive’)

• अन्यके: in another (place/occasion)
• अन्यके: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्यक (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic ‘other, another’)

• समे: in the same (assembly/meeting/occasion)
• समे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)