Rig Veda 8.8.5 — Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 5

Sukta 8.8

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (context of the hymn)

Devata: Aśvins

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो यातमुपश्रुत्यश्विना सोमपीतये । स्वाहा स्तोमस्य वर्धना प्र कवी धीतिभिर्नरा ॥

Transliteration

ā nó yātam úpa-śruty aśvinā sóma-pītaye | svā́hā stómasya vardhanā prá kavī dhītíbhiḥ narā ||

Translation

われらのもとへ来たれ、近く聴きそなえよ、アシュヴィン（Aśvin）よ、ソーマ（Soma）を飲むために。スヴァーハー（svāhā）——讃歌を増し育む者たちよ。詩聖の双つ、英雄なる二柱よ、霊感の思惟もて前へ進み出でよ。

Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• यातम्: come (you two)
• यातम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) ‘to go’

• उपश्रुत्य: having listened, heeding
• उपश्रुत्य: —
• Type: Verbal indeclinable (gerund)
• Root: श्रु (धातु) ‘to hear’ + उप (उपसर्ग)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Kartā (addressees/agents of ‘come’)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘the Aśvins’

• सोमपीतये: for Soma-drinking
• सोमपीतये: Sampradāna / Prayojana-dative
• Type: Noun (purpose)
• Root: सोमपीति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Soma-drinking’ (सोम + पीति < पा ‘drink’)

• स्वाहा: svāhā (hail!; offering-call)
• स्वाहा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)

• स्तोमस्य: of the hymn/praise
• स्तोमस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक) ‘hymn, praise’

• वर्धना: (you) two increasers (of the praise)
• वर्धना: Kartā (as epithets of the addressed pair)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘increaser, enhancer’ (< वर्ध् ‘to grow/increase’)

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• कवी: (you) two sages/poets
• कवी: Kartā (as epithets of the addressed pair)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seer, poet, wise’

• धीतिभिः: with thoughts/insights (hymns)
• धीतिभिः: Karaṇa (instrument: ‘with insights/hymns’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धीति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thought, insight, hymn’ (< धी ‘to think’)

• नरा: O two heroes
• नरा: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative/nominal address)
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘man, hero’