Rig Veda 8.6.8 — Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.6

Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)

Devata: Agni/Ṛta as operative powers (inner fire and truth-current); hymn context continues toward Indra as well

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गुहा सतीरुप त्मना प्र यच्छोचन्त धीतयः । कण्वा ऋतस्य धारया ॥

Transliteration

guhā́ satī́r úpa tmánā prá yát śócanta dhītáyaḥ | kaṇvā́ ṛtásya dhā́rayā ||

Translation

秘められた洞窟に宿していても、これらの霊感の思惟は自らの内なる本性によって前へと押し出され、燃え始める。カンヴァ（Kaṇva）たちは、ṛta（Ṛta）—真理の秩序—の流れゆく流脈によってそれらをもたらす。

Word by Word

• गुहा: in secret, secretly
• गुहा: अधिकारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गुहा (अव्यय; ‘गुह्/गुह’ धातु-सम्बद्ध ‘गुहायाम्’ अर्थे)

• सतीः: being (women/ones), existing; (here) the ‘being’ ones
• सतीः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत् (√अस् ‘to be’) → सती (स्त्री.)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• त्मना: by oneself, with one’s own self/power
• त्मना: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्मन् (आत्मन्/स्व-भाव; ‘self, own person’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र

• यच्छ: restrain/guide (you), hold back
• यच्छ: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छति ‘to restrain/hold/guide’)

• शोचन्त: shining/burning (ones)
• शोचन्त: कर्म
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √शुच्/शोच् (शोचति ‘to shine/burn; to grieve’)

• धीतयः: inspirations, hymns, thoughts
• धीतयः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीति (√धी ‘to think/meditate’ → ‘thought, hymn, inspiration’)

• कण्वाः: the Kaṇvas (seers)
• कण्वाः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: कण्व (ऋषि-नाम/कण्व-वंश)

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

• धारया: with the stream/flow
• धारया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (√धृ ‘to hold’ → ‘stream, flow, current’)