Rig Veda 8.5.25: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 25
Sukta 8.5
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kanva lineage; verse cites lineage exempla)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify per edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यथा चित्कण्वमावतं प्रियमेधमुपस्तुतम् । अत्रिं शिञ्जारमश्विना ॥
Transliteration
yáthā cit kaṇvám ā́vatam priyámedham upastutám | átriṃ śiñjā́ram aśvinā ||
Translation
ดังที่ครั้งหนึ่งท่านทั้งสองเคยมาช่วยคัณวะ (Kaṇva) เคยอุปถัมภ์ปรียเมธะ (Priyamedha) ผู้ได้รับการสรรเสริญในพิธี และเคยกอบกู้อัตริ (Atri) กับศิญชาระ (Śiñjāra) ในยามคับขันแห่งการคั้นโสม—โอ อัศวินทั้งสอง บัดนี้จงมาสู่เสียงเรียกของเรา ด้วยพลังคุ้มครองเช่นเดิมนั้นเถิด.
Word by Word
यथाas, just as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa (manner/comparison marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (avyaya-prātipadika)
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (avyaya)
कण्वम्Kanva (the seer)
कण्वम्:
Karma (object of ‘helped/favoured’)
TypeNoun
Rootकण्व (prātipadika; proper name)
आवतम्you two helped / favoured
आवतम्:
Kriyā (finite verb; governs कर्म ‘कण्वम्’ etc.)
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (धातु; ‘to help, favour, protect’) + आ- (prefix)
प्रियम्dear, beloved
प्रियम्:
Karma (as part of object NP)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (prātipadika)
मेधम्Priyamedha (seer)
मेधम्:
Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootमेध (prātipadika; proper name/epithet ‘Medha/Medhā’; here as name Priyamedha)
उपस्तुतम्praised, lauded
उपस्तुतम्:
Karma (qualifier within object NP)
TypeParticiple (verbal adjective)
Rootउप-स्तु (धातु √स्तु ‘to praise’) → क्त (past passive participle)
अत्रिम्Atri (seer)
अत्रिम्:
Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’ understood)
TypeNoun
Rootअत्रि (prātipadika; proper name)
शिञ्जारम्Śiñjāra (a seer/personage)
शिञ्जारम्:
Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’ understood)
TypeNoun
Rootशिञ्जार (prātipadika; proper name/epithet, Vedic)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विना:
Sambodhana (addressed agents of the action)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootअश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)
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