Rig Veda 8.34.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 1
Sukta 8.34
Rishi: Kāṇva lineage (explicitly referenced: ‘kaṇvasya’)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like refrain structure; exact meter not provided in input
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एन्द्र याहि हरिभिरुप कण्वस्य सुष्टुतिम् । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
Transliteration
éndra yāhi háribhir úpa káṇvasya suṣṭutím | divó amúṣya śā́sato dívaṃ yáya divāvaso ||
Translation
Wahai Indra, datanglah dengan para Hari (kuda-kuda keemasan) dan hampirilah pujian Kānva yang tersusun indah. Dari langit itu—yang memerintah dengan kebenaran—berjalanlah ke langit ini dalam diri kami, wahai tuan daya-siang yang bercahaya.
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
याहिcome/go!
याहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) ‘to go’
हरिभिःwith the bay steeds
हरिभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bay horse’
उपnear, up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
कण्वस्यof Kaṇva
कण्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootकण्व (प्रातिपदिक)
सुष्टुतिम्well-formed praise
सुष्टुतिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसु- + स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘praise’
दिवःof heaven
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven’
अमुष्यof that (one/yonder)
अमुष्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootअमु (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) ‘that (yonder)’
शासतःof the commanding/ordaining (one)
शासतः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootशास् (धातु) ‘to command, instruct’ → शासत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
दिवम्to heaven / the sky
दिवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) ‘sky, heaven’
ययgo!
यय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) ‘to go’
दिवावसोO bright/wealthy one (Indra)
दिवावसो:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootदिवा-वसु (प्रातिपदिक; दिवा ‘by day/brightly’ + वसु ‘good, wealth’)
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