Rig Veda 8.5.29 — Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 29

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Same RV 8.5 cycle seer.

Devata: Aśvinau.

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-family (needs metrical audit).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हिरण्ययी वां रभिरीषा अक्षो हिरण्ययः । उभा चक्रा हिरण्यया ॥

Transliteration

hiraṇyáyī vām rábhīr ī́ṣā ákṣo hiraṇyáyaḥ | ubhā́ cakrā́ hiraṇyáyā ||

Translation

Golden is your chariot-frame, golden the pole, golden the axle; both wheels are golden—let this total luminosity make our path smooth and whole, without inner fracture.

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Word by Word

• हिरण्ययी: golden (fem.)
• हिरण्ययी: विशेषण (कर्तृ/विषय-सम्बन्धः) — ‘रभिः’ इत्यस्य
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय- (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य ‘gold’ + -य) अथवा हिरण्य- (विशेषण-आधार)

• वाम्: of you two
• वाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive) — ‘रभिः/ईषा/अक्षः/चक्रे’ इत्यादीनां
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रभिः: the rim/felloe (of the chariot-wheel)
• रभिः: कर्तृ/विषय (नामपद) — ‘हिरण्ययी … रभिः’
• Type: Noun
• Root: रभि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘felloe/rim of a wheel’)

• ईषा: the axle/shaft
• ईषा: कर्तृ/विषय (समुच्चित-विषयः) — ‘ईषा (अपि) हिरण्ययी’
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईषा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘axle-pole/shaft’)

• अक्षः: the axle (axle-pin/axis)
• अक्षः: कर्तृ/विषय (समुच्चित-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘axle’/‘axis’)

• हिरण्ययः: golden (masc.)
• हिरण्ययः: विशेषण — ‘अक्षः’ इत्यस्य
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘golden’)

• उभा: both
• उभा: विशेषण — ‘चक्रे’ इत्यस्य
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘both’)

• चक्रे: the two wheels
• चक्रे: कर्तृ/विषय (समुच्चित-विषयः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wheel’)

• हिरण्यया: golden (dual)
• हिरण्यया: विशेषण — ‘चक्रे’ इत्यस्य
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘golden’)