Rig Veda 5.78.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 78, Mantra 8

Sukta 5.78

Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)

Devata: Ashvins (implicit within hymn’s devatā frame)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यथा वातो यथा वनं यथा समुद्र एजति । एवा त्वं दशमास्य सहावेहि जरायुणा ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 5.78.8

Transliteration

yáthā vā́to yáthā vánam yáthā samudrá éjati | evā́ tváṃ daśamāsya sahā́vehi jarā́yuṇā ||

Translation

Como o vento se move, como a floresta oscila, como o oceano se alteia,— assim também tu, ó de dez meses, desce e vem para fora, juntamente com a membrana vital (jarāyu).

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Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• वातः: the wind
• वातः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (prātipadika; from √वा ‘to blow’)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• वनम्: the forest / wood
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (prātipadika)

• यथा: just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• समुद्रः: the ocean
• समुद्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (prātipadika)

• एजति: moves / trembles
• एजति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √एज् (एजँ) ‘to move, tremble’

• एव: thus / just so
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (avyaya)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• दशमास्य: O ten-month (one) (i.e., full-term child)
• दशमास्य: —
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: दश-मास्य (tatpuruṣa-bahuvrīhi adj.; दश ‘ten’ + मास ‘month’ + -य)

• सह: together with
• सह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (avyaya/preposition-like)

• आ: forth / towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• इहि: come! / go forth!
• इहि: —
• Type: Verb (imperative)
• Root: √इ (इण्) ‘to go’

• जरायुणा: with the afterbirth / with the fetal membrane
• जरायुणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायु (prātipadika)