Rig Veda 8.26.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 26, Mantra 17

Sukta 8.26

Devata: Aśvinau (addressed as amartyā)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यददो दिवो अर्णव इषो वा मदथो गृहे । श्रुतमिन्मे अमर्त्या ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.26.17

Transliteration

yád adó divó arṇavé iṣó vā mádatho gṛhé | śrutám ín me amartyā́ ||

Translation

అక్కడ—దివ్య సముద్రమైన (దివో అర్ణవ) లోనో, లేదా ఇక్కడ మా యత్నభరిత గృహంలోనో—మీరు పోషణశక్తులైన (ఇషః) లో ఆనందించినా—హే అమర్త్యులు (అమరులు), నా పిలుపు నిశ్చయంగా వినబడింది.

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Word by Word

• यत्: when / since / because
• यत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable/Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) अथवा यद् (अव्यय-सम्बन्धक)

• अदो: that (there), that thing
• अदो: Karma (of implied verb ‘श्रुतम्’ = ‘heard’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवः: of heaven / of the sky
• दिवः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ)

• अर्णवे: in the flood / in the ocean (waters)
• अर्णवे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)

• इषः: of refreshment / of nourishment
• इषः: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष् (प्रातिपदिक: इष्/इषा ‘refreshment, strength, nourishment’)

• वा: or / indeed
• वा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (निपात)

• मदथः: you two rejoice / are exhilarated
• मदथः: Kartā (you two) + (intransitive: ‘rejoice’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मद् (धातु: मद् ‘to be exhilarated, rejoice’)

• गृहे: in the house / at home
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रुतम्: heard / has been heard
• श्रुतम्: मुख्य-वाक्य-प्रत्यय (predicate) / with ‘अदो’ as its object-content
• Type: Participle (past passive) used predicatively
• Root: श्रु (धातु: श्रु ‘to hear’) → क्त (कृदन्त)

• इत्: indeed / just
• इत्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत् (निपात)

• मे: of me / to me
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अमर्त्याः: O immortals
• अमर्त्याः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective (vocative)
• Root: अमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)