Rig Veda 8.1.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 1, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.1
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely within the gāyatrī-run of the hymn)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ये ते सन्ति दशग्विनः शतिनो ये सहस्रिणः । अश्वासो ये ते वृषणो रघुद्रुवस्तेभिर्नस्तूयमा गहि ॥
Transliteration
yé te sánti daśagvínaḥ śatíno yé sahasríṇaḥ | áśvāso yé te vṛ́ṣaṇo raghu-drúvás tébhir nas tū́yam ā́ gahi ||
Translation
ನಿನ್ನ ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ದಶಗ್ವಿನ (ಹತ್ತುಪಟ್ಟು) ಇರುವವು, ಶತಿನ (ನೂರುಪಟ್ಟು) ಇರುವವು, ಸಹಸ್ರಿಣ (ಸಾವಿರಪಟ್ಟು) ಇರುವವು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ನಿನ್ನ ವೃಷಭಸ್ವರೂಪದ, ವೇಗವಂತ, ದೃಢವಾಗಿ ಓಡುವ ಅಶ್ವಗಳು—ಅವುಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಸ್ತುತಿ-ಉನ್ನತಿಗಾಗಿ ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬಾ.
Word by Word
येwho/which (those)
ये:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (येषां ते अश्वासः) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you
ते:
सम्प्रदान (to you)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सन्तिare/exist
सन्ति:
अस्ति-क्रिया (सम्बन्धक-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) → सन्ति
दशग्विनःthe ‘ten-cowed’ (a class/epithet)
दशग्विनः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य (ये … सन्ति) तथा अश्वासः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदशग्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दश-ग्विन्’ = दश (ten) + ग्विन्/गु (cow) तद्धित/समास-निर्मित)
शतिनःhundred-fold / having hundreds
शतिनः:
विशेषण (अश्वासः) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
TypeAdjective
Rootशतिन् (प्रातिपदिक; शत-सम्बद्ध)
येwho/which
ये:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (येषां …)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सहस्रिणःthousand-fold / having thousands
सहस्रिणः:
विशेषण (अश्वासः) / कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र-सम्बद्ध)
अश्वासःhorses
अश्वासः:
कर्तृ (गन्ता/आगन्ता—आ गहि इत्यस्य) तथा ‘सन्ति’ इत्यस्य कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
येwho/which
ये:
सम्बन्ध/विशेषण
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (of you; possessive)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृषणःvigorous, stallion-like
वृषणः:
विशेषण (अश्वासः)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootवृषन् (प्रातिपदिक)
रघुद्रुवःswift and steady/firm
रघुद्रुवः:
विशेषण (अश्वासः)
TypeAdjective
Rootरघु-द्रुव (समास-प्रातिपदिक; रघु ‘swift’ + द्रुव ‘firm/steady’)
तेभिःwith those (horses)
तेभिः:
करण (with them)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (for us/to us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तूयम्swiftly
तूयम्:
क्रियाविशेषण (आ गहि)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूयम् (अव्यय; ‘शीघ्रम्’)
आhither, towards
आ:
क्रिया-प्रवर्तक (directional: hither)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गहिcome!
गहि:
मुख्य-क्रिया (आगमनम्)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) → गहि (वैदिक आज्ञार्थ/लोट्-रूप)
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