Rig Veda 8.9.10: Mandala 8, Sukta 9, Mantra 10

Sukta 8.9

Rishi: Kāṇva (speaker); mentions earlier seers Kakṣīvān, Vyàśva, Dīrghatamas; and Pṛthī Vainya

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Jagatī or Triṣṭubh (uncertain due to long pāda; requires metrical count verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यद्वां कक्षीवाँ उत यद्व्यश्व ऋषिर्यद्वां दीर्घतमा जुहाव । पृथी यद्वां वैन्यः सादनेष्वेवेदतो अश्विना चेतयेथाम् ॥

Transliteration

yád vāṃ kakṣī́vāṃ uta yád vyàśva ṛ́ṣir yád vāṃ dīrghátamā juhā́va | pṛthī́ yád vāṃ vainyáḥ sā́daneṣv evéd áto aśvinā cetayethām ||

Translation

Visto que Kakṣīvān vos chamou, e visto que o vidente Vyàśva vos chamou; visto que Dīrghatamas vos invocou; e visto que Pṛthī Vainya, nas moradas — por isso, ó Aśvins, tornai-vos atentos também agora.

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Word by Word

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा यद्-सम्बन्धी अव्यय

• वाम्: you two; of you two
• वाम्: Karma (with verbs of calling/knowing) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• कक्षीवान्: Kakṣīvān (the seer)
• कक्षीवान्: Kartā (understood: ‘praised/called’)
• Type: Noun (Proper) / Adjective-stem
• Root: कक्षीवत् (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• उत: and/also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (निपात)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/अव्यय)

• व्यश्वः: Vyaśva (the seer)
• व्यश्वः: Kartā (understood) / topic
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: व्यश्व (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषिः: seer
• ऋषिः: Kartā / apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/अव्यय)

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: Karma (with √हु) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• दीर्घतमाः: Dīrghatamas
• दीर्घतमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: दीर्घतम (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• जुहाव: called/invoked
• जुहाव: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हु (जुहोति)

• पृथी: Pṛthī (a seer)
• पृथी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: पृथी (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• यत्: when/that which
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम/अव्यय)

• वाम्: you two
• वाम्: Karma (with implied ‘praised/called’) / Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• वैन्यः: Vainya (descendant of Vena)
• वैन्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun / Epithet
• Root: वैन्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वेन-अपत्य/वंशज’)

• सादनेषु: in the seats/abodes (ritual sessions)
• सादनेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सादन (प्रातिपदिक)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)

• इत्: indeed
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात; वैदिक ‘indeed/just’)

• अतः: therefore/from this
• अतः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय; ‘from this/therefore’)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana (addressed) / Kartā (of next verb)
• Type: Noun (Dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)

• चेतयेथाम्: you two take notice/recognize/are aware
• चेतयेथाम्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चित् / √चेत् (चेतयति ‘to perceive, notice, be aware’; वैदिके आत्मनेपद-प्रयोगः)