Rig Veda 8.22.15: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 15
Sukta 8.22
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Trishtubh/Jagatī mix (uncertain)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ सुग्म्याय सुग्म्यं प्राता रथेनाश्विना वा सक्षणी । हुवे पितेव सोभरी ॥
Transliteration
ā́ sugmyā́ya sugmyáṃ prā́tā ráthenāśvinā vā sakṣaṇī́ | huvè pitéva sóbharī ||
Translation
പ്രാതഃകാലത്ത്, സുഗമഗതിക്കും സുഗമാഗമനത്തിനുമായി, ഹേ അശ്വിന്മാരേ, നിങ്ങളുടെ രഥത്തോടുകൂടെ—ഹേ സക്ഷണീ, സമർത്ഥരേ—ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളെ ആഹ്വാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു. സോഭരീ പുത്രൻ പിതാവിനെ വിളിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ നിങ്ങളെ വിളിക്കുന്നു.
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga/avyaya)
सुग्म्यायfor easy access/approach
सुग्म्याय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसुग्म्य- (सु + गम् > गम्य ‘to be gone/approached’)
सुग्म्यम्the easy-to-reach (goal/way)
सुग्म्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसुग्म्य-
प्रातःin the morning
प्रातः:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातः (avyaya)
रथेनwith a chariot
रथेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootरथ-
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विना:
—
TypeNoun (proper, deity)
Rootअश्विन्- (dual stem of अश्विन् ‘Aśvin’)
वाor; indeed
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (avyaya)
सक्षणीO swift/ready ones
सक्षणी:
—
TypeAdjective (vocative, epithet)
Rootस- + क्षणि/क्षणी- (from √क्षण/√क्षन् ‘to hasten/act quickly’; Vedic adj.)
हुवेI invoke
हुवे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हू (जुहोत्यादि) ‘to call, invoke’
पितेवlike a father
पितेव:
Kartā (of implied comparison)
TypeNoun + particle
Rootपितृ- + इव
सोभरीSobhari (the poet)
सोभरी:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootसोभरी- (proper name; seer/poet) संभवतः from √शुभ/शोभ ‘to shine’ (name-form)
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