Rig Veda 8.5.33: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 33

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Same RV 8.5 cycle seer.

Devata: Aśvinau.

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

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एह वां प्रुषितप्सवो वयो वहन्तु पर्णिनः । अच्छा स्वध्वरं जनम् ॥

Transliteration

éha vām pruṣitápsavo váyo vahantu párṇinaḥ | ácchā svadhvaráṃ jánam ||

Translation

Hither let the winged powers, rich with sparkling strength, carry you; come to the people whose sacrifice is well-ordered—so the right rhythm of offering may become a right rhythm of the inner life.

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Word by Word

• एह: hither, here
• एह: Adhikaraṇa (देश/दिशा-सूचक) / क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (deictic base) / इदम्-प्रत्ययात्मक अव्यय

• वाम्: you two (to you two / of you two)
• वाम्: Karma (प्राप्तव्य-लक्ष्य) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun)

• प्रुषितप्सवः: the dew-/sprinkle-drops (i.e., the sprinkling ones)
• प्रुषितप्सवः: Kartā (वहन्तु इत्यस्य कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: प्रुषितप्सु- (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• वयः: strength, vigor (vital power)
• वयः: Karma (वहन्तु—what they carry)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहन्तु: let them carry / may they convey
• वहन्तु: (क्रिया) — कर्तृ-क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति)

• पर्णिनः: the winged/feathered ones (birds)
• पर्णिनः: Kartā (वहन्तु इत्यस्य कर्ता; apposition to प्रुषितप्सवः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पर्णिन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अच्छा: towards, unto
• अच्छा: Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/लक्ष्य-निर्देश) / क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अच्छा (अव्यय)

• स्वध्वरम्: to the good rite/sacrifice
• स्वध्वरम्: Karma (गमन/आगमनस्य लक्ष्य-विशेषण) / विशेष्य-जनम्
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- + अध्वर- (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गपूर्वक विशेषण)

• जनम्: people, folk (the assembly)
• जनम्: Karma (अच्छा—towards whom) / लक्ष्य
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन- (प्रातिपदिक) / √जन् (etym.)