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
Word by Word
त्वष्टुःof Tvaṣṭṛ
त्वष्टुः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootत्वष्टृ- (प्रातिपदिक; देवता-नाम)
जामातरम्son-in-law
जामातरम्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootजामातृ- (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ (subject)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ईशानम्the lord, the ruler
ईशानम्:
कर्म (object; apposition to जामातरम्)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootईशान- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ruling, lordly’)
रायःof wealth, of riches
रायः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootराय्/रयि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘wealth’)
ईमहेwe seek / we strive for
ईमहे:
क्रिया (verbal action)
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (धातु; आत्मनेपद)
सुतावन्तःhaving pressed Soma, Soma-pressers
सुतावन्तः:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुत- (PPP of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’) + -वत् (मतुप्)
वायुम्Vāyu (the Wind-god)
वायुम्:
कर्म (object; understood with a verb of calling/praising/approaching)
TypeNoun
Rootवायु- (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यु्म्नाglories, brilliant powers
द्यु्म्ना:
कर्म (object; ‘glories’ as what is sought/desired)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु्म्न- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘splendour, glory’)
जनासःmen, people
जनासः:
कर्तृ (subject; in apposition to वयम् / sutāvantaḥ)
TypeNoun
Rootजन- / जनास- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘people, men’)
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