Rig Veda 8.22.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 22, Mantra 9

Sukta 8.22

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Jagatī (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ हि रुहतमश्विना रथे कोशे हिरण्यये वृषण्वसू । युञ्जाथां पीवरीरिषः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.22.9

Transliteration

ā́ hí rúhatam aśvinā ráthe kóśe hiraṇyáye vṛṣaṇvasū | yuñjā́thāṃ pī́varīr íṣaḥ ||

Translation

हे वृषण्वसू अश्विनौ, सुवर्णमय आसन असलेल्या तुमच्या रथावर निश्चयाने आरोहण करा. तुमच्यासाठी पीवरीः इषः—पूर्ण, विपुल पोषण-प्रेरणा—जोडा (युंजा).

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)

• हि: indeed; for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (nipāta)

• रुहतम्: mount (you two)!
• रुहतम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (रुहँ) ‘to mount, ascend’

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two horsemen)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika)

• रथे: in/on the chariot
• रथे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (prātipadika)

• कोशे: in the receptacle/case (chest)
• कोशे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश (prātipadika)

• हिरण्यये: golden
• हिरण्यये: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (prātipadika from हिरण्य ‘gold’)

• वृषण्वसू: O you two with manly/generative wealth
• वृषण्वसू: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृषण्वसु (prātipadika; epithet of the Aśvins)

• युञ्जाथाम्: yoke/harness (you two)!
• युञ्जाथाम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युज् (युजँ) ‘to yoke, harness, join’

• पीवरीः: the swelling/fat (well-filled) ones (i.e., rich offerings/refreshments)
• पीवरीः: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective (f.)
• Root: पीवरी (prātipadika)

• इषः: refreshments; invigorating draughts/foods
• इषः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (prātipadika; ‘refreshment, nourishment, strength’)