Rig Veda 8.85.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 85, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.85
Rishi: Kṛṣṇa (contextual; not securely determinable from excerpt alone)
Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नू मे गिरो नासत्याश्विना प्रावतं युवम् । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥
Transliteration
nū́ me gíro nāsatyā́śvinā prá̄vatam yuvám | mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||
Translation
Now uphold my utterances, O Nāsatyas, O Ashvins—do you two foster them forward—for the drinking of the honeyed Soma, the delight that makes the word effective and true.
Word by Word
नूnow
नू:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (नूनम्/अधुना-अर्थे अव्यय)
मेmy / of me
मे:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
गिरःsongs, hymns
गिरः:
कर्तृ (स्तुतयः as subject)
TypeNoun
Rootगिर् (स्त्री)
नासत्याO Nāsatyas (Aśvins)
नासत्या:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper epithet)
Rootनासत्य (अश्विनौ-देवनाम; प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootअश्विन् (देवनाम; प्रातिपदिक)
प्रावतम्protect, further, help!
प्रावतम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
युवम्you two
युवम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्वःof sweetness / of honey (i.e., sweet)
मध्वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (नपुं)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (पुं)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
सम्प्रदान (purpose/for)
TypeVerbal noun (action noun)
Rootपा (धातु ‘to drink’) → पीति (कृदन्त-भाववाचक संज्ञा)
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