Rig Veda 4.35.8: Mandala 4, Sukta 35, Mantra 8

Sukta 4.35

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Ṛbhus (Saudhanvanas) as newly divine/immortal

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

ये देवासो अभवता सुकृत्या श्येना इवेदधि दिवि निषेद । ते रत्नं धात शवसो नपातः सौधन्वना अभवतामृतासः ॥

Transliteration

yé devā́so ábhavatā sukṛtyā́ śyenā́ ivéd ádhi diví niṣédá | té rátnam dhāta śaváso napātaḥ saudhánvanā ábhavatāmṛ́tāsaḥ ||

Translation

You who by right perfection became gods, like falcons you took your seat upon the heaven. Therefore set the treasure, O offspring of Force, O Saudhanvanas; become for us the deathless powers—establishing in the human the immortal gain.

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Word by Word

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवासः: the gods
• देवासः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• अभवत: became / came to be
• अभवत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + अभि-

• सुकृत्या: by good deed / through good performance
• सुकृत्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (abstract) / Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक; सु + कृत्य)

• श्येनाः: hawks, falcons
• श्येनाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: (उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• एदधि: indeed, right upon / thereupon
• एदधि: (सम्बन्ध/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable (particle group)
• Root: इद्/एद् (निपात-प्रातिपदिक; emphatic particle) + अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• निषेदुः: sat down, took their seat
• निषेदुः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) + नि-

• ते: they
• ते: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रत्नम्: treasure, precious gift
• रत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• धात: place! bestow!
• धात: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• शवसः: of might, of strength
• शवसः: (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शवस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नपातः: O descendants/sons (O offspring)
• नपातः: Sampradāna (सम्बोधन/आह्वान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नपात् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सौधन्वनाः: good-archers / well-armed
• सौधन्वनाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-धन्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having good bow/weapon’ or ‘good archer’)

• अभवत: became / came to be
• अभवत: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + अभि-

• अमृतासः: immortal ones
• अमृतासः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)