Rig Veda 8.8.20: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 20
Sukta 8.8
Rishi: Kāṇva lineage
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
याभिः कण्वं मेधातिथिं याभिर्वशं दशव्रजम् । याभिर्गोशर्यमावतं ताभिर्नोऽवतं नरा ॥
Transliteration
yā́bhiḥ kaṇváṃ médhātithiṃ yā́bhir váśaṃ dáśavrajam | yā́bhir góśaryaṃ ā́vatam tā́bhir no ’vatam narā ||
Translation
By those powers with which you helped Kaṇva and Medhātithi, with which you helped Vaśa of the tenfold enclosure, and with which you helped Gośarya—by those same powers, protect us too, O strong ones.
Word by Word
याभिःwith which (f.)
याभिः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘य’)
कण्वम्Kanva
कण्वम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootकण्व (ऋषिनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मेधातिथिम्Medhātithi
मेधातिथिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootमेधातिथि (ऋषिनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
याभिःwith which
याभिः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘य’)
वशम्Vasha (a person/hero; lit. ‘will, control’)
वशम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवश (प्रातिपदिक)
दशव्रजम्Daśavraja (the ‘ten-enclosure’ one; a named figure)
दशव्रजम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootदश-व्रज (समास; ‘दश’ + ‘व्रज’)
याभिःwith which
याभिः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘य’)
गोशर्यमावतम्Gośarya-māvat (a named/epithetic person; ‘possessing cows/Gośarya’)
गोशर्यमावतम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective/Proper epithet
Rootगो-शर्य-मा-वत् (समास/व्युत्पत्ति: ‘गो’ + ‘शर्य’ + ‘मा’ + ‘वत्’)
ताभिःwith those
ताभिः:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘त’)
नःof us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (हित-सम्बन्धः) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
अवतम्protect (you two)
अवतम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (धातु; ‘to protect’)
नराःO men/heroes (O Nara—dual deities addressed)
नराः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
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