Rig Veda 8.34.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.34

Rishi: Kāṇva seers (collective voice)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: not specified in input

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ त्वा कण्वा इहावसे हवन्ते वाजसातये । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.34.4

Transliteration

ā́ tvā kā́ṇvā ihā́vase hávante vā́ja-sātaye | divó amúṣya śā́sato dívaṃ yáya divāvaso ||

Translation

Kaṇva-kaṇva menyeru-Mu ke sini untuk pertolongan, demi meraih kemenangan dan kelimpahan daya. Dari langit itu—yang mengatur (segala)—datanglah ke langit ini, wahai Indra; dan jadikanlah kemenangan daya bersemayam dalam diri kami.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्)

• कण्वाः: the Kaṇvas (seers)
• कण्वाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (prātipadika)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (indeclinable)

• अवसे: for help
• अवसे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव (prātipadika: अवस्/अवस्- ‘help, aid’)

• हवन्ते: they invoke/call
• हवन्ते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ह्वे (ह्वा) ‘to call, invoke’

• वाजसातये: for the winning of the prize
• वाजसातये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजसाति (prātipadika: ‘winning of prize/strength’ < वाज ‘prize, strength’ + साति ‘winning’)

• दिवः: from heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika)

• अमुष्य: of that (yonder)
• अमुष्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमु (demonstrative pronominal stem)

• शासतॊः: of the commanding/ordaining one
• शासतॊः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: शास् ‘to command, instruct’ (present participle stem शासत्)

• दिवम्: heaven
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (prātipadika)

• यय: go!
• यय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या ‘to go’

• दिवावसो: O you of heavenly aid
• दिवावसो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: दिवावस् (prātipadika: ‘having heavenly help/aid’)