Rig Veda 8.5.20: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 20

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Kāṇva (Kanva lineage)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify per edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

तेन नो वाजिनीवसू पश्वे तोकाय शं गवे । वहतं पीवरीरिषः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.5.20

Transliteration

téna no vājinīvasū paśvé tokā́ya śáṃ gáve | váhatam pī́varīr íṣaḥ ||

Translation

Ею, о ваджинивасу, дарующие мощь и изобилие, принесите нам питательный прирост: благо нашим силам, нашему потомству и коровам.

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Word by Word

• तेन: by that; with that
• तेन: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary; for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनीवसू: O Vājinīvasu (O you rich in swift steeds/wealth)
• वाजिनीवसू: सम्बोधन (address)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: वाजिनीवसु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासः: वाजिनी ‘swift/possessing steeds’ + वसु ‘good/wealth’)

• पश्वे: for cattle
• पश्वे: सम्प्रदान (for the sake of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)

• तोकाय: for offspring/children
• तोकाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well; auspiciously
• शम्: (क्रियाविशेषण) manner/benefactive particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय; ‘well, auspiciously’)

• गवे: for the cow/cattle
• गवे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहतम्: carry/convey (you two)!
• वहतम्: क्रिया (imperative); कर्ता = (युवाम्) addressed dual
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु) ‘to carry, convey’

• पीवरीः: rich/abundant (things), fat (gifts)
• पीवरीः: कर्म (what is carried)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पीवरी (प्रातिपदिक; ‘fat, rich, abounding’)

• इषः: refreshments; nourishment; provisions
• इषः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्/इषा (प्रातिपदिक; ‘refreshment, nourishment, strength, food’)