Rig Veda 8.34.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 14

Sukta 8.34

Rishi: Kāṇva lineage (explicitly referenced: ‘kaṇvasya’)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like refrain structure; exact meter not provided in input

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो गव्यान्यश्व्या सहस्रा शूर दर्दृहि । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.34.14

Transliteration

ā́ no gavyā́ny aśvyā sáhasrā śūra dardṛhi | divó amúṣya śā́sato dívaṃ yáya divāvaso ||

Translation

Traz-nos — riquezas de vacas (gavya) e forças de cavalos (aśvya), aos milhares, ó herói; firma-as em nós, torna-as duradouras. Pelo mandamento daquele céu, ó Divāvasu, vai ao céu luminoso.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: to us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• गव्यानि: cow-rich goods; cattle-wealth
• गव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: गव्य (adj. from गो ‘cow’)

• अश्व्यानि: horse-rich goods; horses/horse-wealth
• अश्व्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: अश्व्य (adj. from अश्व ‘horse’)

• सहस्रा: thousands
• सहस्रा: Karma
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (numeral stem)

• शूर: O hero
• शूर: Sambोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: शूर (adj./noun stem)

• दर्दृहि: make firm; strengthen; establish
• दर्दृहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृंह्/दृढ् (Vedic: ‘to make firm, strengthen’; desiderative/intensive-like reduplication)

• दिवः: from heaven; of heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna (source) / सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (noun stem ‘heaven, sky’)

• अमुष्य: of that (yonder)
• अमुष्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अमुष् (demonstrative pronoun stem)

• शासतः: of the ruler/commander
• शासतः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: शास् (to command, rule) → शासत् (present participle)

• दिवम्: heaven
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्युम् (noun stem ‘heaven’)

• यय: has gone; goes
• यय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (to go) with reduplication (perfect/aorist-like Vedic form)

• दिवावसो: O possessor of heavenly wealth / O heaven-rich one
• दिवावसो: Sambोधन
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: दिवावस् (compound: दिवा + वस् ‘good/wealth’; epithet)