Rig Veda 8.35.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 35, Mantra 23
Sukta 8.35
Rishi: Śyāvāśva
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Probable Jagatī; requires verification
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नमोवाके प्रस्थिते अध्वरे नरा विवक्षणस्य पीतये । आ यातमश्विना गतमवस्युर्वामहं हुवे धत्तं रत्नानि दाशुषे ॥
Transliteration
namovā́ke prá-sthite adhvaré narā vivákṣaṇasya pītáye | ā́ yātam aśvinā́ ā́ gátam avasyúr vā́m aháṃ huve dhattáṃ rátnāni dāśúṣe ||
Translation
नमोवाके प्रस्थितेऽध्वरे, हे नरा, विवक्ष॑णस्य पीतये आ यातमश्विना गतम्। अवस्युर्वामहं हुवे—दाśुषे रत्नानि धत्तम्।
Word by Word
नमोवाकेin/with reverent speech (a salutation-utterance)
नमोवाके:
Adhikaraṇa (context/occasion: ‘in/with reverent speech’)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootनमस् + वाक
प्रस्थितेwhen begun / when set in motion
प्रस्थिते:
Adhikaraṇa (locative with अध्वरे) / Viśeṣaṇa
TypeAdjective/Participle
Rootप्र-स्था (धातु √स्था) → प्रस्थित (PPP)
अध्वरेin the sacrifice/ritual
अध्वरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वर
नराO two men/heroes (Aśvins)
नरा:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootनर
विवक्षणस्यof the one who wishes to utter/speak forth (the singer)
विवक्षणस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (relation to पीतये)
TypeNoun (abstract/agent noun)
Rootवि-वक्ष (desiderative/intensive sense from √वच्/√वक्ष ‘to speak/utter’) → विवक्षण (prātipadika)
पीतयेfor drinking (of soma)
पीतये:
Sampradāna (purpose/for)
TypeNoun (action noun)
Rootपा (धातु √पा ‘to drink’) → पीति
आhither, towards
आ:
—
TypePreverb/Indeclinable
Rootआ
यातम्come (you two)!
यातम्:
(requested action)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु √या ‘to go/come’)
अश्विनाO Aśvins
अश्विना:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअश्विन्
गतम्come/go (you two)!
गतम्:
(requested action)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु √गम् ‘to go/come’)
अवस्युःdesiring aid/favor
अवस्युः:
Kartā (with अहम्: ‘I, desiring help…’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअवस् (noun ‘help/favor’) + यु (desiderative suffix) → अवस्यु
वाम्you two / of you two
वाम्:
Karma (object of हुवे) / Ṣaṣṭhī (depending on construal)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
हुवेI invoke/call
हुवे:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootह्वे (धातु √ह्वे/√हू ‘to call, invoke’)
धत्तम्bestow/put (you two)!
धत्तम्:
(requested action)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु √धा ‘to place, bestow’)
रत्नानिtreasures, gifts
रत्नानि:
Karma (object of धत्तम्)
TypeNoun
Rootरत्न
दाशुषेto the worshipper/giver (the pious patron)
दाशुषे:
Sampradāna (recipient)
TypeNoun/Participle (recipient epithet)
Rootदाश्वांस् (from √दाश् ‘to give, worship, serve’) → दाशुष्
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