Rig Veda 8.5.21: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 21

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Kāṇva (Kanva lineage)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify per edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत नो दिव्या इष उत सिन्धूँरहर्विदा । अप द्वारेव वर्षथः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.5.21

Transliteration

utá no divyā́ íṣa utá síndhūṃr aharvidā́ | ápa dvā́reva varṣathaḥ ||

Translation

Dan bagi kami curahkan dorongan-dorongan samawi; dan sungai-sungai aliran—yang diketahui oleh para pengenal Hari—tumpahkanlah, seakan-akan membuka palang pintu, wahai Aśvin.

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Word by Word

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessor) / Sampradāna-sense in context
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• दिव्याः: heavenly; divine
• दिव्याः: विशेषण (of इषः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य- (← दिव्)

• इषः: refreshments; nourishments
• इषः: कर्तृ (as subject of implied ‘come/are’ with ut) / theme
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् / इषा- (प्रातिपदिक: इष्/इषा ‘refreshment, nourishment’)

• उत: and also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• सिन्धून्: rivers; streams
• सिन्धून्: कर्म (object) / what is ‘found/obtained’
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु-

• अहर्विदा: by the day-finder; by one who finds (them) by day
• अहर्विदा: करण (instrument/means) or सहार्थ (with) qualifying the obtaining
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: अहर्- + विद् (√विद् ‘to know/find’) → अहर्विद्

• अप: away; forth; open
• अप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप

• द्वारा: doors; gates
• द्वारा: कर्म (object of implied action ‘open/drive away’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार-

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वर्षथः: you two rain/shower
• वर्षथः: कर्तृ (you two as agents)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष् (वर्षति/वृषति ‘to rain, to shower’)