Rig Veda 8.47.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 47, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.47
Rishi: Not determinable from provided excerpt alone (hymn header not included).
Devata: Devāḥ (general), with Āditya-protection refrained in refrain
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from excerpt; refrain suggests a structured strophic hymn.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
युष्मे देवा अपि ष्मसि युध्यन्त इव वर्मसु । यूयं महो न एनसो यूयमर्भादुरुष्यतानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥
Transliteration
yuṣmé devā́ ápi ṣmasi yúdhyanta iva vármasu | yūyáṃ mahó na énaso yūyám arbhā́d uruṣyatānehasaḥ vo ūtáyaḥ su-ūtáyaḥ vo ūtáyaḥ ||
Translation
汝ら神々のうちに、われらは立つ、鎧の中の戦士のごとく。汝らは大いなる罪過からも小さき罪過からも、われらを救い護る。害なき助け、善き助けが、われらと共にあれ。
Word by Word
युष्मेto/for you two
युष्मे:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिalso, indeed
अपि:
(सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
स्मसिwe are
स्मसि:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
युध्यन्तेthey fight
युध्यन्ते:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (धातु)
इवas if, like
इव:
(उपमान-निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वर्मसुin armours, in coats of mail
वर्मसु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
महोof the great (one); of greatness
महो:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootमहस्/महत् (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic gen. sg. ‘महो’)
नlike, as
न:
(उपमान-निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
नःof us, our
नः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एनसःof sin, of guilt
एनसः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootएनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
यूयम्you (pl.)
यूयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अर्भात्from distress/straits; from harm (lit. ‘from the small/weak’ in Vedic idiom)
अर्भात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
उरुष्यतprotect (us)!, save!
उरुष्यत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउरुष्य् (धातु; denominative ‘to protect, to save’)
अनेहसःundistressing, unharming
अनेहसः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेहस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘without distress/without want’)
वःof you; your
वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतयःhelps, protections
ऊतयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
सुतयःpressings (of Soma); libations
सुतयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसुति (प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you; your
वः:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऊतयःhelps, protections
ऊतयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक)
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