Rig Veda 8.27.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 27, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.27

Devata: Maruts, Mitra, Indra, Varuṇa, Ādityas (collective invocation)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभि प्रिया मरुतो या वो अश्व्या हव्या मित्र प्रयाथन । आ बर्हिरिन्द्रो वरुणस्तुरा नर आदित्यासः सदन्तु नः ॥

Transliteration

abhí priyā́ maruto yā́ vo aśvyā́ havyā́ mitra prayā́thana | ā bárhir índro váruṇas turā́ nárā ādityā́saḥ sadantu naḥ ||

Translation

Para as oferendas queridas, ó Maruts — as velozes como cavalos — avançai, vós que és impelidos, ó Mitra. Venham Indra e Varuṇa ao assento estendido; assentem-se conosco aqui os fortes Ādityas, potências heroicas.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: Adhikaraṇa (directional/goal) / Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• प्रियाः: dear, beloved
• प्रियाः: Kartā (with implied verb ‘come/approach’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• या: which (she/that)
• या: Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (relative link)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वः: for you; of you
• वः: Sampradāna / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अश्व्याः: horse-yoked; having horses
• अश्व्याः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्व-सम्बन्धी)

• हव्याः: oblations; things to be offered
• हव्याः: Karma (of implied offering) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: हव्य (प्रातिपदिक; √हु ‘to offer’)

• मित्र: O Mitra
• मित्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रयाथन: go forth; advance
• प्रयाथन: (Predicate) — action of addressees
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (गत्यर्थ) with प्र-; ‘प्रयाथ’ (stem)

• आ: hither; to
• आ: Adhikaraṇa (directional) / Upasarga
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• बर्हिः: the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिः: Karma (object of ‘sit/come to’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरुणः: Varuṇa
• वरुणः: Kartā (co-subject with इन्द्रः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुराः: swift; strong
• तुराः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुर (प्रातिपदिक; ‘swift/strong’)

• नरः: men; heroes
• नरः: Kartā (those who will sit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• सदन्तु: let them sit; may they sit
• सदन्तु: (Predicate) — action requested
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सद् (उपवेशन/आसन) ‘to sit’

• नः: for us; of us
• नः: Sampradāna / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)