Rig Veda 8.68.16: Mandala 8, Sukta 68, Mantra 16
Sukta 8.68
Devata: Indra (implicit giver of vehicles/reins in Ashvamedha context)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सुरथाँ आतिथिग्वे स्वभीशूँरार्क्षे । आश्वमेधे सुपेशसः ॥
Transliteration
suráthā̃ ā́tithigve svàbhīśū̃r ārkṣé | āśvá-medhé supéśasaḥ ||
Translation
ఓ Ṛkṣa-పుత్రా! అతడు Ātithigva కు సుందర రథాలను, సు-లాగామ (మంచి నియంత్రణ) శక్తులను ప్రసాదిస్తాడు; అశ్వమేధంలో సు-రూప, సు-శోభిత శక్తులు—ప్రాణ-యజ్ఞం యొక్క సిద్ధ అర్పణార్థం.
Word by Word
सु-रथान्the good-chariot(-ed) ones / those with good chariots
सु-रथान्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक) + सु- (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद)
आhither, towards (as preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
अतिथि-ग्वेO Atithigva (name/epithet)
अतिथि-ग्वे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper/epithet; vocative)
Rootअतिथि-ग्व (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/नाम)
स्व-भी-शून्the self-impelling/own-impelling (drivers/steeds)
स्व-भी-शून्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशू (धातु ‘to impel/drive’; कृत-प्रातिपदिक शून ‘impelling/driver’) + स्व- + भी (पूर्वपद)
ऊरा-र्क्षेO Ūrārkṣa (epithet/name)
ऊरा-र्क्षे:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun/epithet (vocative)
Rootऊर (प्रातिपदिक ‘thigh/strength’) + ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक ‘bear’; here as epithet) → समास; ‘ऊरार्क्ष’
आश्व-मेधेin/at the Aśvamedha (horse-sacrifice)
आश्व-मेधे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व-मेध (प्रातिपदिक; तৎपुरुष ‘horse-sacrifice’)
सु-पेशसःthe well-adorned / fair-formed (ones)
सु-पेशसः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपेशस् (प्रातिपदिक ‘beauty, adornment, fair form’) + सु-
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