Rig Veda 8.8.3: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.8
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (explicit: kaṇvānām)
Devata: Aśvins
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ यातं नहुषस्पर्यान्तरिक्षात्सुवृक्तिभिः । पिबाथो अश्विना मधु कण्वानां सवने सुतम् ॥
Transliteration
ā yātam náhuṣas pár y antárikṣāt suvṛ́ktibhiḥ | pibā́tho aśvinā mádhu kaṇvā́nāṃ sávane sutám ||
Translation
Come, O Aśvins, from beyond the human reach, from the mid-world, drawn by well-shaped utterances; drink the honeyed delight pressed out in the Kaṇvas’ offering—take into you the sweetness that increases the inner light.
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
यातम्come (you two)!
यातम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) / yā ‘to go, come’
नहुषस्परीreaching/touching Nahusha (i.e., coming to the descendant of Nahusha)
नहुषस्परी:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृसम्बन्धः)
TypeAdjective
Rootनहुष + स्पृ (धातु) → स्परी (कृदन्त/विशेषण) / Nahusha + √spṛ ‘to touch, reach’
अन्तरिक्षात्from the mid-air, from the atmosphere
अन्तरिक्षात्:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) / antarikṣa
सुवृक्तिभिःwith well-formed hymns
सुवृक्तिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसु-वृक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) / su-vṛkti ‘good hymn/utterance’
पिबाथःdrink (you two)!
पिबाथः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (धातु) / pā ‘to drink’
अश्विनाO Aśvins!
अश्विना:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) / aśvin ‘the Aśvins’
मधुsweet drink, honey (mead)
मधु:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक) / madhu
कण्वानाम्of the Kaṇvas
कण्वानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootकण्व (प्रातिपदिक) / Kaṇva
सवनेat the pressing, in the soma-rite
सवने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसवन (प्रातिपदिक) / savana ‘pressing, soma-rite’
सुतम्pressed, expressed (Soma)
सुतम्:
Karma (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु (धातु) / su ‘to press (Soma)’ → सुत (कृदन्त)
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