Rig Veda 8.5.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Kāṇva/pragātha tradition (RV 8.5 Aśvin hymn); precise r̥ṣi attribution not resolved here.

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Pragātha complex; requires metrical validation verse-wise.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नः स्तोममुप द्रवत्तूयं श्येनेभिराशुभिः । यातमश्वेभिरश्विना ॥

Transliteration

ā́ naḥ stómam úpa dravat tū́yaṃ śyenébhir āśúbhiḥ | yā́tam aśvébhir aśvinā ||

Translation

ขอท่านจงแล่นมาสู่บทสรรเสริญของเราด้วยความเร็ว; จงมาพร้อมเหยี่ยวอันฉับไว—พลังแห่งการโผบินอันแหลมคม—เถิด; โอ อัศวินทั้งสอง จงมาถึงด้วยม้าของท่าน (พลังที่พาดวงวิญญาณให้ก้าวหน้า).

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (pronoun stem)

• स्तोमम्: hymn of praise; chant
• स्तोमम्: कर्म (object of motion/bringing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (prātipadika)

• उप: near; up to
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• द्रवत्: let (it) run/hasten
• द्रवत्: क्रिया (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु) ‘to run, hasten’

• तूयम्: swiftly; quickly
• तूयम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूयम् (avyaya; from √तू/तव् ‘to be strong/quick’ in Vedic usage)

• श्येनेभिः: with falcons/hawks
• श्येनेभिः: करण (means/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्येन (prātipadika)

• आशुभिः: swift (ones)
• आशुभिः: करण (as qualifier of the instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशु (prātipadika)

• यातम्: come; go (you two)
• यातम्: क्रिया (addressed command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) ‘to go’

• अश्वेभिः: with horses
• अश्वेभिः: करण (means: ‘with horses’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (prātipadika)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two horsemen)
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन (addressee)
• Type: Noun (proper/theonym)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)