Rig Veda 8.32.9 — Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 9

Sukta 8.32

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (uncertain; requires syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत नो गोमतस्कृधि हिरण्यवतो अश्विनः । इळाभिः सं रभेमहि ॥

Transliteration

utá no gómatas kṛdhi híraṇyavato aśvínaḥ | iḷā́bhiḥ sáṃ rabhāmahi ||

Translation

And make us rich in rays of Light, rich in the golden fullness and the energies of the Horse; with the powers of iḷā may we firmly take hold of the plenitude.

Word by Word

• उत: and; also; moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• गोमतः: of cattle/wealth in cows; rich in cows
• गोमतः: सम्बन्ध (source/possession with कृधि)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: गोमत् (गो- + मतुप्)

• कृधि: make (it); make (us)
• कृधि: कर्तृ-प्रेरणा (addressed to the Aśvins: ‘make’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)

• हिरण्यवतः: of gold; rich in gold
• हिरण्यवतः: सम्बन्ध (with कृधि)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: हिरण्यवत् (हिरण्य + मतुप्)

• अश्विनः: O Aśvins
• अश्विनः: सम्बोधन (addressee)
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इळाभिः: with refreshments/offerings (iḷā); with invocations
• इळाभिः: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इळा (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• रभेमहि: we take hold; we grasp; we obtain
• रभेमहि: कर्ता (we as subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रभ् (आलम्भे/ग्रहणे) + सम्