Rig Veda 8.8.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.8
Rishi: Vatsa (Kāṇva lineage) (as implied within the hymn-context; explicit in 8.8.11 and 8.8.15)
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable for RV 8.8; requires full metrical verification against pada-count)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ वां विप्र इहावसेऽह्वत्स्तोमेभिरश्विना । अरिप्रा वृत्रहन्तमा ता नो भूतं मयोभुवा ॥
Transliteration
ā vā́m viprá ihā́vase ’hvát stómebhir aśvinā | aríprā vṛ́trahantamā tā́ no bhūtaṃ mayobhúvā ||
Translation
アシュヴィン双神よ、光明の聖者はここにて、希求の讃歌をもって汝らを呼び、われらを養い扶けるために招いた。敵対の力も汝らを損なえぬ者、障碍者ヴリトラ（Vṛtra）を討つこと最も雄々しき者よ――われらにとって、歓喜をもたらし、内なる甘露を増し広げる力となりたまえ。
Word by Word
आhither; forth
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
वाम्you two (acc./gen.)
वाम्:
Karma (as object of ‘calls’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (2nd pers. pronoun)
विप्रःthe inspired poet/priest
विप्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
अवसेfor help; for aid
अवसे:
Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस् (प्रातिपदिक) / from √अव् ‘to help, protect’
अह्वत्called; invoked
अह्वत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (आह्वाने) with preverb आ-
स्तोमेभिःwith hymns; with praises
स्तोमेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अरिप्राO unassailable/undefiable ones
अरिप्रा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective
Rootअरिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रहन्तमाO most Vṛtra-slaying (best slayers of Vṛtra)
वृत्रहन्तमा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तम (तमप्, superlative)
ताthose two; you two
ता:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us; for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us/our’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (1st pers. pronoun)
भूतम्be (you two)!
भूतम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति) / imperative base
मयोभुवाO bringers of joy; beneficent ones
मयोभुवा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective
Rootमयोभू (प्रातिपदिक: मयस् ‘delight’ + भू ‘being/bringing’)
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