Rig Veda 8.85.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 85, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.85
Rishi: Kṛṣṇa (contextual; not securely determinable from excerpt alone)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
युञ्जाथां रासभं रथे वीड्वङ्गे वृषण्वसू । मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥
Transliteration
yuñjā́thāṃ rāsábhāṃ ráthe vīḷvàṅge vṛṣaṇvasū | mádhvaḥ sómasya pītáye ||
Translation
ഹേ വൃഷണ്വസൂ അശ്വിനൗ, രഥത്തിൽ ബലവാനായ രാസഭത്തെ (കഴുതയെ) യോജിപ്പിൻ—ദൃഢാംഗങ്ങളായി, പരാക്രമികളായി—മധുമയ സോമപാനത്തിനായി.
Word by Word
युञ्जाथाम्yoke (you two)!
युञ्जाथाम्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयुज् (युजँ) धातु
रासभम्the ass (donkey)
रासभम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootरासभ (प्रातिपदिक)
रथेon/in the chariot
रथे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
वीड्वङ्गेon the strong-limbed (chariot)
वीड्वङ्गे:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective
Rootवीड्वङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/विशेषण-प्रयोग)
वृषण्वसूO you two, whose wealth is virile/strong (epithet of the two gods)
वृषण्वसू:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृषण्वसु (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-सम्बोधन)
मध्वःof sweetness / of honey
मध्वः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमस्यof Soma
सोमस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
पीतयेfor drinking
पीतये:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun (verbal noun)
Rootपा (पिबति) धातु → पीति (कृदन्त/भाव)
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