Rig Veda 8.5.35 — Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 35

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Same RV 8.5 cycle seer.

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā).

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-family (needs metrical audit).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

हिरण्ययेन रथेन द्रवत्पाणिभिरश्वैः । धीजवना नासत्या ॥

Transliteration

hiraṇyáyena ráthena drávátpāṇibhir áśvaiḥ | dhī́javanā nā́satyā ||

Translation

No carro de ouro, com cavalos cujas «mãos» são velozes, ó Nāsatyas, rápidos no pensamento inspirado,— vinde a nós; fazei de nossa inteligência uma corrida de luz, levando a vida adiante na verdade.

Word by Word

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• हिरण्ययेन: with/by the golden
• हिरण्ययेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्यय (प्रातिपदिक)

• रथेन: chariot
• रथेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्रवत्पाणिभिः: with swift hands (having running/quick hands)
• द्रवत्पाणिभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रवत्-पाणि (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• अश्वैः: with horses
• अश्वैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• धीजवनाः: swift through thought / thought-impelled swift ones
• धीजवनाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धी-जवन (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)

• नासत्या: the Nāsatyas (the Aśvins)
• नासत्या: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: नासत्य (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनौ-देवनाम)