Rig Veda 8.8.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 8, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.8
Rishi: Kaṇva lineage (context of the hymn)
Devata: Aśvins
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नो यातमुपश्रुत्यश्विना सोमपीतये । स्वाहा स्तोमस्य वर्धना प्र कवी धीतिभिर्नरा ॥
Transliteration
ā nó yātam úpa-śruty aśvinā sóma-pītaye | svā́hā stómasya vardhanā prá kavī dhītíbhiḥ narā ||
Translation
Vinde a nós, tendo escutado de perto, ó Aśvins, para o beber do soma. Svāhā! — ó vós que fazeis crescer o hino — avançai, ó dois kavi, com pensamentos inspirados, ó heróis.
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary: ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun stem)
यातम्come (you two)
यातम्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) ‘to go’
उपश्रुत्यhaving listened, heeding
उपश्रुत्य:
—
TypeVerbal indeclinable (gerund)
Rootश्रु (धातु) ‘to hear’ + उप (उपसर्ग)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विना:
Kartā (addressees/agents of ‘come’)
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘the Aśvins’
सोमपीतयेfor Soma-drinking
सोमपीतये:
Sampradāna / Prayojana-dative
TypeNoun (purpose)
Rootसोमपीति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘Soma-drinking’ (सोम + पीति < पा ‘drink’)
स्वाहाsvāhā (hail!; offering-call)
स्वाहा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वाहा (निपात/उद्गार)
स्तोमस्यof the hymn/praise
स्तोमस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक) ‘hymn, praise’
वर्धना(you) two increasers (of the praise)
वर्धना:
Kartā (as epithets of the addressed pair)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootवर्धन (प्रातिपदिक) ‘increaser, enhancer’ (< वर्ध् ‘to grow/increase’)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)
कवी(you) two sages/poets
कवी:
Kartā (as epithets of the addressed pair)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootकवि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘seer, poet, wise’
धीतिभिःwith thoughts/insights (hymns)
धीतिभिः:
Karaṇa (instrument: ‘with insights/hymns’)
TypeNoun
Rootधीति (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thought, insight, hymn’ (< धी ‘to think’)
नराO two heroes
नरा:
Sambodhana (address)
TypeNoun (vocative/nominal address)
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक) ‘man, hero’
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