Rig Veda 8.31.9 — Mandala 8, Sukta 31, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.31
Devata: Dual agents (again likely Aśvinau or paired benefactors) active in ordering offerings and overcoming obstruction; amṛta-oriented
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वीतिहोत्रा कृतद्वसू दशस्यन्तामृताय कम् । समूधो रोमशं हतो देवेषु कृणुतो दुवः ॥
Transliteration
vīti-hótrā kṛtádvasū daśasyántā amṛtā́ya kám | sám ū́dhaḥ romaśáṃ ható devéṣu kṛṇuto dúvaḥ ||
Translation
वीतिहोत्रा कृतद्वसू दशस्यन्ता अमृताय कम् । समूधो रोमशं हतो देवेषु कृणुतो दुवः ॥
Word by Word
वीतिहोत्राthe two whose offering/oblation is well-performed / who have the winning-invocation
वीतिहोत्रा:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective (dual epithet)
Rootवीति-होत्र (प्रातिपदिक; वीति < √वे/√व्या ‘to pursue/seek, winning’ + होत्र ‘invocation/oblation, priestly offering’)
कृतद्वसूthe two who make/bring wealth
कृतद्वसू:
Kartā (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective (dual epithet)
Rootकृत-द्वसु (प्रातिपदिक; कृत < √कृ ‘to make/do’ + द्वसु/वसु ‘wealth, good’)
दशस्यन्ताम्let the two worship/serve
दशस्यन्ताम्:
Kartā (क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Root√दशस्य (denom. ‘to honor, to serve, to worship’)
अमृतायfor immortality
अमृताय:
Sampradāna (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
कम्whom?/someone (object)
कम्:
Karma
TypePronoun (enclitic/indef.)
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / interrog.-indef. stem
समूधःthe full udder / the well-filled source (of milk/wealth)
समूधः:
Kartā (वाक्ये विषय/कर्तृस्थानी)
TypeNoun
Rootसम्-ऊधस् (प्रातिपदिक; ऊधस् ‘udder’ with सम्-)
रोमशम्the shaggy (one)
रोमशम्:
Karma (विशेष्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootरोमश (प्रातिपदिक ‘hairy, shaggy’)
हतःstruck/slain
हतः:
Kartā/Predicative (समूधः … हतः: ‘the … is struck/slain’)
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Root√हन् (क्त-प्रत्यय; हत ‘struck, slain’)
देवेषुamong the gods
देवेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (लोके/मध्ये)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
कृणुतःthe two make/perform
कृणुतः:
Kartā (क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (कृणु-प्रयोग)
दुवःservice/worship
दुवः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘service, worship, reverence’)
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