Rig Veda 4.15.8: Mandala 4, Sukta 15, Mantra 8

Sukta 4.15

Devata: Aśvins (implied by the dual harī; continued from the preceding verse)

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; short 3-pāda form typical of gāyatrī-like verses)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत त्या यजता हरी कुमारात्साहदेव्यात् । प्रयता सद्य आ ददे ॥

Transliteration

u̱ta tyā́ yajatā́ hárī kumārā́tsāhadevyā́t | práyatā́ sadyá ā́ dade ||

Translation

E também aqueles dois fulvos veneráveis (Harī), do jovem Sahadevya,— preparados, concedem de pronto (seu auxílio) a nós.

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Word by Word

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

• त्या: those two (f.)
• त्या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद्

• यजता: worthy of worship; venerable
• यजता: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यजत

• हरी: the two Haris (the pair of tawny steeds / the two bays)
• हरी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: हरि

• कुमारात्: from the youth; from the young one
• कुमारात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार

• साहदेव्यात्: from Sāhadeva’s (son/descendant of Sahadeva); from the Sāhadevya
• साहदेव्यात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (patronymic/epithet)
• Root: साहदेव्य

• प्रयता: set in motion; urged on; ready
• प्रयता: Kartā
• Type: Participle (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: प्र-यम्

• सद्यः: immediately; at once
• सद्यः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः

• आ: towards; unto; hither (intensifying/goal-directed)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: आ

• ददे: he has given; he bestowed
• ददे: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (√दा, ‘to give’)