Rig Veda 8.1.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 1, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.1
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely; verse-length and explicit gāyatram)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्रास्मै गायत्रमर्चत वावातुर्यः पुरंदरः । याभिः काण्वस्योप बर्हिरासदं यासद्वज्री भिनत्पुरः ॥
Transliteration
prā́smai gāyatram arcata vāvāturyáḥ puraṃdaráḥ | yā́bhiḥ kāṇvasyópa barhír āsádam yā́sad vajrī́ bhínat púraḥ ||
Translation
ఆయనకై గాయత్రీ-స్తుతిని అర్చించండి—ఆయన వేగంగా దూసుకెళ్లే, పురాలు/ఆవరణాలను ఛేదించే పురందరుడు. ఏ శక్తులచేత ఆయన కాణ్వుని బర్హి (పవిత్ర కుశాసనం) సమీపానికి వచ్చి ఆసీనుడవుతాడో—వజ్రధారి వచ్చి మూసిన దుర్గాలను చీల్చివేస్తాడు.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward (preverb)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
गायत्रम्the Gāyatra (hymn/chant in gāyatrī-metre)
गायत्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootगायत्र (prātipadika)
अर्चतpraise! sing!
अर्चत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअर्च्
वावातुःhas blown/roared (mightily)
वावातुः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवा (वाति) / √वा (to blow)
यःwho
यः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
पुरंदरःthe fort-destroyer (Indra)
पुरंदरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootपुरंदर (prātipadika)
याभिःwith which (ones)
याभिः:
करण
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
काण्वस्यof the Kāṇva (seer/lineage)
काण्वस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootकाण्व (patronymic prātipadika)
उपnear, towards
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (upasarga/avyaya)
बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (barhis)
बर्हिः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस्
आunto, hither (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (upasarga)
सदंsat down; took seat
सदं:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसद्
यासद्came and sat; approached to sit
यासद्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootया + सद्
वज्रीthe wielder of the vajra (Indra)
वज्री:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवज्रिन् (prātipadika)
भिनत्split; broke
भिनत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभिद्
पुरःforts, strongholds
पुरः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुर् / पुरस्
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Chanting Notes
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