Rig Veda 8.81.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 81, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.81
Devata: Indra (implicit in the immediate hymn-sequence of 8.82; this verse functions as a bridge invoking Indraic plenitudes)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सद्योजुवस्ते वाजा अस्मभ्यं विश्वश्चन्द्राः । वशैश्च मक्षू जरन्ते ॥
Transliteration
sadyo-juvás te vājā́ asmábhyaṃ viśváś candrā́ḥ | vaśáiś ca makṣū́ jarante ||
Translation
Wahai (Engkau), kuasa-kuasa kelimpahan-Mu yang bergerak serta-merta, serba-bercahaya, mara kepada kami; dan dengan tenaga-tenaga penguasaannya mereka segera mendatangkan kematangan pertumbuhan kami.
Word by Word
सद्योजुवःswift, hastening (ones)
सद्योजुवः:
विशेषण (कर्तृपदस्य) / Kartā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootसद्यः (avyaya) + जू (धातु, ‘to hasten’) → जुव (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक ‘hastening’)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
सम्बन्ध / Sampradāna (contextual: ‘for you/your’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाजाःprizes; strengths; bounties
वाजाः:
कर्तृ / Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवाज (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मभ्यम्to us; for us
अस्मभ्यम्:
सम्प्रदान / Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वःall, every
विश्वः:
विशेषण (चन्द्राः इत्यस्य) / Kartā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
चन्द्राःbright, shining (ones)
चन्द्राः:
कर्तृ / Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वशैःby means of powers; with dominions
वशैः:
करण / Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवश (प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
मक्षुquickly, at once
मक्षु:
क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमक्षु (अव्यय)
जरन्तेthey wane; they grow old
जरन्ते:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: वाजाः/चन्द्राः) / Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootजॄ (धातु ‘to wear out/decay’; Vedic: ‘to become old, to wane’)
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