Rig Veda 7.67.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 67, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.67

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एकस्मिन्योगे भुरणा समाने परि वां सप्त स्रवतो रथो गात् । न वायन्ति सुभ्वो देवयुक्ता ये वां धूर्षु तरणयो वहन्ति ॥

Transliteration

ékasmin yóge bhuraṇā samāné pári vāṃ saptá sraváto rátho gāt | ná vāyanti su-bhváḥ deva-yúktā yé vāṃ dhū́rṣu taraṇáyo váhanti ||

Translation

ഒരേയൊരു യോഗത്തിൽ, ഒരേ ശക്തിചലനത്തിൽ, നിങ്ങളുടെ രഥം ഏഴ് സ്രവന്തികളെ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റി സഞ്ചരിക്കുന്നു. ദേവയുക്തരായ, സുസ്ഥിരമായ അശ്വങ്ങൾ ശൈഥില്യമാകുന്നില്ല—ധൂർഷു (യോഗദണ്ഡങ്ങളിൽ) നിങ്ങളെ വഹിക്കുന്ന ആ വേഗവാഹകർ.

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Word by Word

• एकस्मिन्: in one
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective/Pronoun-like numeral
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• योगे: in a yoking/union (harnessing)
• योगे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग (युज्)

• भुरणाः: the swift ones
• भुरणाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भुरण (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift/impetuous’)

• समाने: in the same (place/condition)
• समाने: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/adverb)
• Root: परि

• वाम्: you two / of you two
• वाम्: Adhikaraṇa (with परि) / Karma (contextual)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: —
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्त (संख्या)

• स्रवतः: flowing streams
• स्रवतः: Karma (object of परि) / Adhikaraṇa (circumstantial)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: स्रवत् (स्रु ‘to flow’ > present participle stem)

• रथः: the chariot
• रथः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• गात्: went / has gone
• गात्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गा (गम्/गा ‘to go’), injunctive/aorist form

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वायन्ति: blow
• वायन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वा (to blow)

• सुभ्वः: the well-going / good-running (horses)
• सुभ्वः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सु-भू (भू ‘to be’ with सु-; prātipadika सुभ्व-)

• देवयुक्ताः: yoked by the gods / god-yoked
• देवयुक्ताः: Kartā (apposition to सुभ्वः)
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: देव-युक्त (युज् ‘to yoke’ > past participle युक्त, with देव)

• ये: who
• ये: Kartā
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद्

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (with वहन्ति: ‘for you two’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• धूर्षु: on the shafts (of the chariot)
• धूर्षु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘yoke-pole/shaft’)

• तरणयः: the swift ones
• तरणयः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: तरणि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift/overcoming’)

• वहन्ति: carry / bear
• वहन्ति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (to carry)