Rig Veda 8.14.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 14, Mantra 8

Sukta 8.14

Rishi: Unknown/unspecified in provided input (verify hymn header for 8.14)

Devata: Indra (with Angirases as associated seer-powers)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like shorter meter in this opening (exact scansion required)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उद्गा आजदङ्गिरोभ्य आविष्कृण्वन्गुहा सतीः । अर्वाञ्चं नुनुदे वलम् ॥

Transliteration

úd gā́ ājad áṅgirobhya āvíṣ kṛṇván guhā́ satī́ḥ | arvā́ñcaṃ nunude valám ||

Translation

He drove the Rays (the Cows) upward for the Angirases, making manifest what lay hidden in the cave; and he thrust back Vala, the enclosing resistance, so that the Light could return to us.

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Word by Word

• उद्गाः: the chanters / singers (Udgātṛ-like singers)
• उद्गाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्गा- (प्रातिपदिक; √गै/गाय् ‘गायने’ से) अथवा ‘उद्गातृ’ (उद्+√गै) का संक्षिप्त रूप

• आजत्: drove / impelled
• आजत्: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अज् (गतौ/क्षेपे) ‘चलना/हांकना’

• अङ्गिरोभ्यः: to/for the Aṅgirases
• अङ्गिरोभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस्- (ऋषि-नाम)

• आविष्कृण्वन्: making manifest / revealing
• आविष्कृण्वन्: Kartā (आजत् का कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Participle
• Root: आविष् (अव्यय) + √कृ (करणे) → ‘आविष्कृ’

• गुहाः: from/in the cave
• गुहाः: Apādāna (from within the cave) / Adhikaraṇa (in the cave)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘गुफा/गुहा’

• सतीः: the existing ones (fem.) / the true (ones)
• सतीः: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सत्/सती- (√अस् ‘भू’ से) ‘being, existent’

• अर्वाञ्चम्: turned this way / facing toward (us)
• अर्वाञ्चम्: Karma (वलम् का विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्वाञ्च्- (प्रातिपदिक) ‘अर्वाक्/इधर की ओर’

• नुनुदे: has thrust away / drove off
• नुनुदे: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नुद् (प्रेरणे/अपसारणे) ‘धकेलना’

• वलम्: Vala (the obstructing demon/covering)
• वलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वल’ दैत्य/आवरण)