Rig Veda 8.46.10 — Mandala 8, Sukta 46, Mantra 10

Sukta 8.46

Devata: Indra (continuation of the Indra-savana sequence; 'mahāmaha' as laudatory vocative)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

गव्यो षु णो यथा पुराश्वयोत रथया । वरिवस्य महामह ॥

Transliteration

gavýo ṣu ṇo yáthā purā́śvayóta rathayā́ | varivasyá mahāmaha ||

Translation

பழங்காலத்தில் இருந்ததுபோல, எங்களுக்காக கவ்வ்யः—ஒளியை நோக்கி—விரிந்த பாதையை அமைத்தருள்வாயாக; அச்வ-பலத்தாலும், ரத-பலத்தாலும். ஹே மஹாமஹ (மிகப் பெருமையுடையவனே), எங்கள் வரிவஸ்ய—விரிவு, விடுதலை இடம், நேரிய இயக்கம்—இவற்றை விரிவாக்கு.

Word by Word

• गव्यः: (he/it) being ‘of cattle’, cattle-rich
• गव्यः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्य (गो-सम्बन्धी prātipadika; from गो)

• सु: indeed, well, surely
• सु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (particle)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna/Adhikaraṇa (हित/सम्बन्धः: ‘for us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• पुरा: formerly, of old
• पुरा: Adhikaraṇa (कालः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• अश्वयः: horse-rich; having horses
• अश्वयः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्वय (अश्व-सम्बन्धी prātipadika; from अश्व)

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• रथयाः: chariot-rich; having chariots
• रथयाः: Kartā (विधेय-विशेषणरूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथय (रथ-सम्बन्धी prātipadika; from रथ)

• वरिवस्य: room, free scope; favour/help
• वरिवस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरिवस् (n. ‘wide space, room, favour, help’ prātipadika)

• महा-मह: praise greatly!; magnify!
• महा-मह: —
• Type: Verb (injunctive/imperative-like Vedic form used as exhortation)
• Root: महा-मह (Vedic kṛdanta/nominal: ‘greatly praising’; from √मह्/√मंह् ‘to honour/praise’ with intensification)