Rig Veda 8.8.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.8

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (probable; hymn explicitly references Kaṇva in nearby verses)

Devata: Aśvins

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नूनं यातमश्विना रथेन सूर्यत्वचा । भुजी हिरण्यपेशसा कवी गम्भीरचेतसा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.8.2

Transliteration

ā nū́naṃ yātam aśvinā ráthena sū́rya-tvacā | bhujī́ híraṇya-peśasā kavī́ gambhī́ra-cetasā ||

Translation

Come now, O Aśvins, in your chariot clad with the sun’s radiance—O strong-armed ones of golden form, seer-powers of deep consciousness—arrive to awaken in us the swift harmonies of the journey.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga/avyaya)

• नूनम्: now, just now
• नूनम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (avyaya)

• यातम्: come (you two)
• यातम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) ‘to go’

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (Divine Twins)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथेन: with/by the chariot
• रथेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यत्वचा: with sun-bright sheen/covering
• सूर्यत्वचा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: सूर्य-त्वच् (समास: सूर्य ‘sun’ + त्वच् ‘skin/covering, sheen’)

• भुजी: O strong-armed (you two)
• भुजी: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: भुज्/भुजि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘arm’, hence ‘strong/armed’)

• हिरण्यपेशसा: O gold-adorned (you two)
• हिरण्यपेशसा: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: हिरण्य-पेशस् (समास: हिरण्य ‘gold’ + पेशस् ‘ornament/appearance, adornment’)

• कवी: O seers/wise ones (you two)
• कवी: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कवि (प्रातिपदिक)

• गम्भीरचेतसा: O deep-minded (you two)
• गम्भीरचेतसा: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (compound epithet)
• Root: गम्भीर-चेतस् (समास: गम्भीर ‘deep’ + चेतस् ‘mind, thought’)