Rig Veda 8.26.22: Mandala 8, Sukta 26, Mantra 22

Sukta 8.26

Devata: Vāyu

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

त्वष्टुर्जामातरं वयमीशानं राय ईमहे । सुतावन्तो वायुं द्युम्ना जनासः ॥

Transliteration

tváṣṭur jāmātaraṃ vayám ī́śānaṃ rāyá īmahe | sutā́vanto vāyúṃ dyumnā́ jánāsaḥ ||

Translation

เราผู้คั้นโสม (Soma) แล้ว ขอแสวงหาวายุ ผู้เป็นบุตรเขยของทวัสฏฤ (Tvaṣṭṛ) ผู้เป็นเจ้าเหนือความอุดมทั้งปวง มนุษย์ทั้งหลายของเราใคร่ปรารถนาพลังอันสว่างไสว และรัศมีแห่งชัยชนะ

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• त्वष्टुः: of Tvaṣṭṛ
• त्वष्टुः: सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ- (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)

• जामातरम्: son-in-law
• जामातरम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: कर्तृ (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ईशानम्: the lord, the ruler
• ईशानम्: कर्म (object; apposition to जामातरम्)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: ईशान- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ruling, lordly’)

• रायः: of wealth, of riches
• रायः: सम्बन्ध (genitival qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राय्/रयि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth’)

• ईमहे: we seek / we strive for
• ईमहे: क्रिया (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु; आत्मनेपद)

• सुतावन्तः: having pressed Soma, Soma-pressers
• सुतावन्तः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुत- (PPP of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’) + -वत् (मतुप्)

• वायुम्: Vāyu (the Wind-god)
• वायुम्: कर्म (object; understood with a verb of calling/praising/approaching)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्यु्म्ना: glories, brilliant powers
• द्यु्म्ना: कर्म (object; ‘glories’ as what is sought/desired)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यु्म्न- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘splendour, glory’)

• जनासः: men, people
• जनासः: कर्तृ (subject; in apposition to वयम् / sutāvantaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन- / जनास- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘people, men’)