Rig Veda 8.38.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 38, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.38
Rishi: Śyāvāśva Ātreya
Devata: Indrāgnī
Chandas: Gāyatrī (explicitly referenced)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
इमां गायत्रवर्तनिं जुषेथां सुष्टुतिं मम । इन्द्राग्नी आ गतं नरा ॥
Transliteration
imā́ṃ gāyatrá-vartaniṃ juṣéthāṃ su-stutíṃ máma | indrā́gnī ā́ gatam narā ||
Translation
गायत्री-वर्तनीत प्रवाहित ही माझी सुष्टुती—सुगठित स्तुती—तुम्ही दोघेही स्वीकारा. हे इंद्र–अग्नी, हे नरौ (वीर-द्वय), येथे या.
Word by Word
इमाम्this (hymn/song), this (f.)
इमाम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
गायत्रवर्तनिम्the Gayatrī-turning/going (song), i.e., moving in the Gāyatrī metre
गायत्रवर्तनिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound epithet)
Rootगायत्र-वर्तनिन् (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
जुषेथाम्may you two enjoy/accept
जुषेथाम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootजुष् (धातु)
सुष्टुतिम्well-praise, good hymn
सुष्टुतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसु-स्तुति (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
ममof me, my
मम:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्राग्नीO Indra and Agni
इन्द्राग्नी:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootइन्द्र + अग्नि (द्वन्द्व-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, towards (here)
आ:
(क्रिया-विशेषण) —
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/particle)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गतम्come! (lit. ‘having come’; idiomatically ‘come hither’)
गतम्:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb (imperatival injunctive/elliptic; used as call) / Kṛdanta form
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त)
नराO two men/heroic ones
नरा:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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