Rig Veda 8.86.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 86, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.86
Rishi: Viśvaka
Devata: Aśvinau (Dasrā, Bhiṣajā, Mayobhūvā)
Chandas: Jagatī (12-syllable cadence typical for longer pādas; refrain-like closing)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत त्यं वीरं धनसामृजीषिणं दूरे चित्सन्तमवसे हवामहे । यस्य स्वादिष्ठा सुमतिः पितुर्यथा मा नो वि यौष्टं सख्या मुमोचतम् ॥
Transliteration
uta tyaṃ vīraṃ dhana-sām ṛjīṣiṇaṃ dūre cit santam avase havāmahe | yasya svādiṣṭhā su-matiḥ pitur yathā mā no vi yauṣṭaṃ sakhyā mumocatam ||
Translation
また、あの英雄——富の群れを司り、まっすぐに駆る主——たとえはるか彼方に在すとも、われらは救いのために呼び招く。その最も甘美なる善き思慮は父のごとし。われらの交わりを散らし緩めるな、戦友の絆を解き放つな。
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
त्यम्that (him)
त्यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वीरम्hero, champion
वीरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवीर
धनसाम्of riches, of prizes
धनसाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive) / विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootधन (धनस्)
ऋजीषिणम्possessing the (soma-)pressings / with the pressing-stones (epithet)
ऋजीषिणम्:
Karma (विशेषण of वीरम्/त्यम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋजीषिन्
दूरेfar away
दूरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdverb (frozen loc.)
Rootदूर
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
सन्तम्being, existing
सन्तम्:
Karma (विशेषण of त्यम्/वीरम्)
TypeParticiple
Rootअस् (√अस्) → सन्त् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
अवसेfor help, for aid
अवसे:
Sampradāna (purpose/benefit)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्
हवामहेwe call upon, we invoke
हवामहे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति) / Vedic: हवामहे
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वादिष्ठाsweetest, most pleasant
स्वादिष्ठा:
Kartā (of implied ‘is’ with सुमतिः)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वादु → स्वादिष्ठ (तमप्-प्रत्यय, superlative)
सुमतिःgood thought, good favor, benevolence
सुमतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + मति
पितुःof a father
पितुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
यथाas, like
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable (prohibitive particle)
Rootमा
नःus, for us
नः:
Sampradāna/सम्बन्ध (context: ‘us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
विapart, asunder
वि:
—
TypePreverb
Rootवि
यौष्टम्may you not separate/undo
यौष्टम्:
Kriyā (prohibited by मा)
TypeVerb
Root√युज्/√यौ (Vedic) → यौष्ट (aorist/precative stem)
सख्याम्friendship, companionship
सख्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसख्य
मुमोचतम्you two have released/let go
मुमोचतम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (मोचति) → मुमोच (perfect)
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