Rig Veda 8.34.9: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 9
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 त्वा मदच्युता हरी श्येनं पक्षेव वक्षतः । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
Transliteration
ā́ tvā madacyútā hárī śyénam pakṣéva vakṣataḥ | divó amúṣya śā́sato dívaṃ yáya divāvaso ||
Translation
मदच्युतौ ते हरी अश्वौ श्येनं पक्षाविव त्वामिह वहतः। अमुष्य दिवः शासतो—हे दिवावसो—शक्तेर्द्रुतगत्या अस्माकं दीप्तविस्तारं याहि।
Word by Word
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मदच्युताO (two) that are stirred/impelled by exhilaration (soma)
मदच्युता:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootमद-च्युत (कृदन्त/समास-प्रातिपदिक; च्युत < √च्यु ‘to move, fall’)
हरीO two bay steeds
हरी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
श्येनम्a falcon
श्येनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (प्रातिपदिक)
पक्षेwith (its) wing
पक्षे:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
वक्षतःyou two carry / convey
वक्षतः:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह् (वहति) / वैदिक रूप: वक्षतः
दिवःfrom heaven / of heaven
दिवः:
Apādāna (अर्थे ‘from’)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
अमुष्यof that (yonder)
अमुष्य:
—
TypePronoun
Rootअमुष् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शासतःof the one who commands/rules
शासतः:
—
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√शास् (शास्ति ‘to command, rule’)
दिवम्to heaven / the heaven
दिवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
ययgo! / proceed!
यय:
—
TypeVerb
Root√या (याति ‘to go’) ; वैदिक injunctive/imperative-like form
दिवावसोO possessor of heavenly wealth (Divāvasu)
दिवावसो:
—
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootदिवा-वसु (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
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