Rig Veda 8.9.16 — Mandala 8, Sukta 9, Mantra 16
Sukta 8.9
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kāṇva lineage; exact individual rishi for this verse not specified in provided input)
Devata: Aśvinau (with prominent role of Devī/Vāc as the enabling power)
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (needs metrical verification against syllable count; not fully determinable from input alone)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभुत्स्यु प्र देव्या साकं वाचाहमश्विनोः । व्यावर्देव्या मतिं वि रातिं मर्त्येभ्यः ॥
Transliteration
abhútsy u prā́ devyā́ sākáṃ vācā́ham aśvínoḥ | vyā̀varde devyā́ matíṃ ví rātíṃ mártyebhyaḥ ||
Translation
अभूत्स्यु प्र देव्या साकं वाचा अहम् अश्विनोः। व्यावर्द् देव्या मतिं वि रातिं मर्त्येभ्यः।
Word by Word
अभूत्became; came to be
अभूत्:
(क्रिया) मुख्य क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भू (भवति)
स्युindeed; surely (emphatic)
स्यु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्यु (enclitic particle)
प्रforth; forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (preverb/particle)
देव्याwith/through the divine (one)
देव्या:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootदेव्य- (देव + य)
साकम्together (with)
साकम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाकम्
वाचाwith speech; by (my) utterance
वाचा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्-
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
अश्विनोःof/for the Aśvins; with the Aśvins
अश्विनोः:
Adhikaraṇa (as locative: ‘with/in regard to the Aśvins’) / सम्बन्ध (as genitive)
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन्-
व्याapart, asunder; widely (intensifying the verb)
व्या:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग) + आ (उपसर्ग) → व्या
अवर्देincreased; made grow
अवर्दे:
(क्रिया) मुख्य क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृध्/√वर्द् (वर्धते/वर्धति)
देव्याthe divine (one)
देव्या:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदेव्य- (देव + य)
मतिम्thought; insight; intention
मतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमति-
विapart; forth; distributively
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
रातिम्gift; bounty
रातिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराति- (from √रा ‘to give’)
मर्त्येभ्यःto/for mortals; from mortals
मर्त्येभ्यः:
Sampradāna (as dative: ‘to mortals’) / Apādāna (as ablative: ‘from mortals’)
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य-
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