Rig Veda 8.34.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.34
Rishi: Kāṇva lineage (explicitly referenced: ‘kaṇvasya’)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like refrain structure; exact meter not provided in input
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नो याहि महेमते सहस्रोते शतामघ । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
Transliteration
ā́ no yāhi mahematé sáhasrote śatā́magha | divó amúṣya śā́sato dívaṃ yáya divāvaso ||
Translation
हे महेमते, हे सहस्रोते, हे शतामघ, नः आ याहि। दिवो अमुष्य शासतो, हे दिवावसो, दिवं यय; नः भवने त्राणशक्तिं आवह।
Word by Word
आhither; towards (here)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga) / ā (nipāta)
नःof us; for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
याहिcome; go (hither)
याहि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (गत्यर्थः)
महेमतेO great-minded one
महेमते:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet, vocative)
Rootमहेमत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having great thought/intent’, epithet)
सहस्रोतेO thou of thousand aids
सहस्रोते:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet, vocative)
Rootसहस्र + ऊति (उतिः ‘help, aid’) → सहस्र-ऊति
शतामघO hundred-bountied one
शतामघ:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (epithet, vocative)
Rootशत + मघ (मघ ‘gift, bounty’) → शत-मघ
दिवःfrom heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक: दिव् ‘sky, heaven, day’)
अमुष्यof that (yonder)
अमुष्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष् (दूरवाचक सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शासतःof the ruling/commanding (one)
शासतः:
— (qualifier in genitive relation)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootशास् (आज्ञापने/शिक्षायाम्) → शासत् (present participle)
दिवम्to heaven; the heaven
दिवम्:
Karma (goal/object of motion)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौः
ययgo!
यय:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया (गत्यर्थः)
दिवावसोO possessor of heavenly wealth
दिवावसो:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet, vocative)
Rootदिवा + वसु (वसु ‘good, wealth’; epithet ‘having heavenly wealth’)
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