Rig Veda 8.8.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.8
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (hymn context)
Devata: Aśvins
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दिवश्चिद्रोचनादध्या नो गन्तं स्वर्विदा । धीभिर्वत्सप्रचेतसा स्तोमेभिर्हवनश्रुता ॥
Transliteration
diváś cid rocanā́d adhyā́ nó gantaṃ svar-vidā | dhī́bhir vatsa-pracetasā stómebhir havana-śrutā ||
Translation
光り輝く天の広き照明の彼方よりも、われらのもとへ来たれ――太陽の世界（svàr）を見出す者よ。霊感ある思惟をもって――愛し子のごとく明澄にして慧ある者よ――われらの讃歌によって、呼びかけを聞く者よ、来臨したまえ。
Word by Word
दिवःfrom heaven
दिवः:
अपादान (स्रोत/उद्गम: ‘from heaven’)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ ‘स्वर्ग/दिव’)
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
रोचनात्from the shining region (radiance)
रोचनात्:
अपादान (स्रोत/उद्गम: ‘from the shining realm’)
TypeNoun
Rootरोचन (प्रातिपदिक; √रुच् ‘to shine’)
अधिupon, over, unto
अधि:
अधिकारण (locative sense: ‘over/unto’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (to us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
गन्तम्come (you two)!
गन्तम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गम् ‘to go/come’
स्वर्विदाwith/ as the finders of heaven (light)
स्वर्विदा:
करण (as/with the heaven-finders)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootस्वर् + विद् (प्रातिपदिक: स्वर्विद् ‘finder/knower of heaven/light’)
धीभिःwith prayers/insights
धीभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootधी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘thought, prayer, insight’)
वत्सप्रचेतसाyou two, of tender (calf-like) wisdom
वत्सप्रचेतसा:
विशेषण (of the two deities)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootवत्स-प्रचेतस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having calf-like/affectionate insight’ / epithet)
स्तोमेभिःwith praises
स्तोमेभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hymn of praise’)
हवनश्रुताyou two, hearers of the call (invocation)
हवनश्रुता:
विशेषण (of the two deities)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootहवन-श्रुत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘hearing the invocation/call’)
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