Rig Veda 8.1.32: Mandala 8, Sukta 1, Mantra 32
Sukta 8.1
Rishi: Medhyātithi Kāṇva
Devata: Indra (or Indra’s force/vehicle; imagery of resounding chariot)
Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
य ऋज्रा मह्यं मामहे सह त्वचा हिरण्यया । एष विश्वान्यभ्यस्तु सौभगासङ्गस्य स्वनद्रथः ॥
Transliteration
yá ṛjrā́ máhyaṃ māmáhe sahá tvacā́ hiraṇyáyā | eṣá víśvāny abhy àstu saúbhagāsaṅgásya svanád rathaḥ ||
Translation
ఋజువూ తేజస్సూ గల వానిని—నా మంగళార్థం నేను మహిమపరుస్తున్నాను; అతని స్వర్ణమయ ఆవరణంతో కూడి—ఆయనే సమస్తములపై ప్రబలుగాక. సౌభాగ్య-ఆసఙ్గాన్ని ధరించి, నినదించే రథం (స్వనద్రథ) విజయం పొందుగాక.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऋज्राःthe straight/bright one (epithet)
ऋज्राः:
Kartā (apposition to यः)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Epithet
Rootऋज्र (प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *h₁reǵ- ‘straight’ (semantic)
मह्यम्to me
मह्यम्:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मामहेwe beseech / we seek favor
मामहे:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootमंह् / मन्ह् (धातु; ‘to grant, to favor, to gladden’—Vedic)
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahārtha (co-participant marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय) < √सह् ‘to accompany/withstand’ (etym.)
त्वचाwith (his) skin/covering
त्वचा:
Karaṇa (instrument/association with सह)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वच् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (particle)
Rootहि (निपात)
हिरण्ययाgolden
हिरण्यया:
Karaṇa (agreeing with त्वचा)
TypeAdjective
Rootहिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वानिall (things), everything
विश्वानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, over
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अस्तुlet him be / may he be
अस्तु:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
सौभगासङ्गस्यof the attachment/association with good fortune
सौभगासङ्गस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootसौभगासङ्ग (समास-प्रातिपदिक) = सौभग + आसङ्ग
स्वनद्रथःthe sound-resounding charioteer / he whose chariot sounds
स्वनद्रथः:
Kartā (apposition to एषः)
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootस्वनद्रथ (समास-प्रातिपदिक) = स्वनद् (‘sounding’) + रथ (‘chariot’)
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