Rig Veda 8.19.37: Mandala 8, Sukta 19, Mantra 37
Sukta 8.19
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva
Devata: Primarily dānastuti register (patronage network); no single major deity directly addressed in this verse
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत मे प्रयियोर्वयियोः सुवास्त्वा अधि तुग्वनि । तिसॄणां सप्ततीनां श्यावः प्रणेता भुवद्वसुर्दियानां पतिः ॥
Transliteration
utá me prayíyor vayíyoḥ suvā́stvā ádhi túgvani | tisṝṇā́ṃ saptatī́nāṃ śyāváḥ praṇetā́ bhúvad vásur díyānāṃ pátiḥ ||
Translation
E também para mim — por causa dos meus dois amados — sobre Tugvan ele firmou uma bela morada. Śyāva tornou-se o guia dos três setentas; como um Vasu, o senhor dos dons resplandecentes.
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
मेof me / my
मे:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
प्रयियोर्वयियोःof (my) two: the 'prayi' and the 'vayi' (two possessions/means; paired terms)
प्रयियोर्वयियोः:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयि- + वयि- (प्रातिपदिके; द्वन्द्व-समास)
सुवास्त्वाa good dwelling-place / good abode
सुवास्त्वा:
अधिकारण (with अधि) / कर्म (sense: 'place to be set upon')
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसु- + वास्तु (प्रातिपदिक) / or su-vāstu (adj.)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अधिupon, over, on
अधि:
अधिकारण-सम्बन्ध सूचक
TypeIndeclinable (preverb/preposition)
Rootअधि
तुग्वनिon/at Tugvan (Tugvan as a person/place; Vedic proper name)
तुग्वनि:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun (Proper/epithet)
Rootतुग्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; proper name/epithet)
तिसॄणाम्of three
तिसॄणाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNumeral (Adjective)
Rootत्रि (स्त्रीलिङ्ग रूप: तिसृ)
सप्ततीनाम्of seventy
सप्ततीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNumeral (Noun)
Rootसप्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
श्यावःthe dark/black one (as an epithet)
श्यावः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootश्याव (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रणेताleader, guide
प्रणेता:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (Agent)
Rootप्र-नी (धातु) → प्रणेता (कृदन्त, agent noun)
भुवत्became / may he be
भुवत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
वसुःa good (one), wealth; the beneficent one
वसुः:
कर्तृ/विशेष्य
TypeNoun
Rootवसु (प्रातिपदिक)
दियानाम्of the heavenly lights / of the days
दियानाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootदिया (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic, 'heavenly lights/days' depending on tradition)
पतिःlord, master
पतिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
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