Rig Veda 8.20.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 17
Sukta 8.20
Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.20, Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Marutāḥ (as Rudra’s sons)
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 8.20; verse-length and cadence align with common Marut hymns)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यथा रुद्रस्य सूनवो दिवो वशन्त्यसुरस्य वेधसः । युवानस्तथेदसत् ॥
Transliteration
yáthā rudrásya sūnávो divó váśanty ásurasya vedhásaḥ | yúvānas táthéd ásat ||
Translation
यथा रुद्रस्य सूनवो दिवो विस्तारे असुरस्य वेधसः वशे वसन्ति, तथा यूयम् अपि, हे युवानः, नितरां तिष्ठत।
Word by Word
यथाas, just as
यथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) < यद्-तद्-प्रणाली
रुद्रस्यof Rudra
रुद्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: of)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सूनवःsons
सूनवः:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसूनु (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven, of the sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: of)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
वशन्तिdwell, abide
वशन्ति:
क्रिया (of the kartā ‘सूनवः’)
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु) ‘वसति’
असुरस्यof the Asura (lordly one)
असुरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: of)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
वेधसःof the wise/ordainer (Védhas)
वेधसः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive: of)
TypeNoun
Rootवेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
युवानःthe young ones
युवानः:
कर्तृ (subject; apposition to the implied group)
TypeAdjective (substantival)
Rootयुवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तथाso, in the same way
तथा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
इद्indeed, just
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात)
असत्was, came to be
असत्:
क्रिया (copular/existential: ‘was/is’)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) ‘अस्ति’
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Chanting Notes
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