Rig Veda 8.97.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 97, Mantra 12

Sukta 8.97

Rishi: Unknown/uncertain (Anukramaṇī attribution not provided in input)

Devata: Indra-associated circle (likely Indra and his aiding powers/Marut-like companions implied by plural address)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (confirm by scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नेमिं नमन्ति चक्षसा मेषं विप्रा अभिस्वरा । सुदीतयो वो अद्रुहोऽपि कर्णे तरस्विनः समृक्वभिः ॥

Transliteration

némim namanti cákṣasā meṣáṃ víprā abhí-svarā | su-dītáyo vo adrúho ’pí kárṇe tarásvinaḥ sám ṛkvá-bhiḥ ||

Translation

The seers with vision bow the rim (the turning limit) toward the Ram, sounding their chant; bright-flamed and without hostility, may your swift-overcoming ones, with their hymns, enter even into the ear—so the hearing becomes a gate for the force.

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• नेमिम्: the felly/rim (of a wheel)
• नेमिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेमि (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *nem- ‘to allot/assign; rim/limit’

• नमन्ति: they bend/bow
• नमन्ति: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नम् (नमँ) ‘to bend, bow’

• चक्षसा: with (their) sight/eye
• चक्षसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘eye, sight; (also) look/vision’

• मेषम्: the ram
• मेषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेष (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ram’

• विप्राः: the seers/poets
• विप्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘inspired sage, poet’

• अभिस्वराः: chanting/intoning (towards), responsive in song
• अभिस्वराः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-स्वर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sounding/chanting towards; responsive in song’

• सुदीतयः: bright-shining (ones)
• सुदीतयः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-दीत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) < √दी (दीप्तौ) ‘to shine’ → दीत ‘bright’

• वः: for you / of you
• वः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अद्रुहः: non-harmful, non-deceitful
• अद्रुहः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-द्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘non-injuring, not deceitful’ < √द्रुह् ‘to harm, deceive’

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• कर्णे: in/at the ear
• कर्णे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) ‘ear’

• तरस्विनः: vigorous/strong (ones)
• तरस्विनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘strong, vigorous, impetuous’

• समृक्वभिः: with skilled chanters / with good reciters
• समृक्वभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: समृक्वन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘one who sings/recites well; skilled chanter’