Rig Veda 8.34.18: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 18
Sukta 8.34
Rishi: Kāṇva lineage (explicitly referenced: ‘kaṇvasya’)
Devata: Unspecified/implicit (likely the arriving divine powers/steeds in the surrounding context)
Chandas: likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like refrain structure; exact meter not provided in input
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
पारावतस्य रातिषु द्रवच्चक्रेष्वाशुषु । तिष्ठं वनस्य मध्य आ ॥
Transliteration
pārā́vatasya rātíṣu dravác-cakreṣv āśúṣu | tíṣṭhaṃ vánasya mádhya ā́ ||
Translation
पारावतस्य रातिषु द्रवच्चक्रेष्वाशुषु तिष्ठ; वनस्य मध्य आ विश—अन्तर्वनस्य केन्द्रगहने।
Word by Word
पारावतस्यof the far-away (one/place); of distance
पारावतस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootपारावत (प्रातिपदिक)
रातिषुin/among the gifts (bestowals)
रातिषु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootराति (प्रातिपदिक; दान/उपहार)
द्रवत्running, swiftly moving
द्रवत्:
क्रियाविशेषण (manner) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootद्रु (धातु) → द्रवत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ-प्रत्यय)
चक्रेषुin the wheels
चक्रेषु:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
आशुषुin/among the swift (ones); swift
आशुषु:
अधिकारण
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootआशु (प्रातिपदिक)
तिष्ठन्standing
तिष्ठन्:
कर्तृ (to implied finite verb/context)
TypeParticiple
Rootस्था (धातु) → तिष्ठत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ)
वनस्यof the forest/wood
वनस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
मध्येin the middle
मध्ये:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun (locative)
Rootमध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards; hither; indeed
आ:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
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