Rig Veda 8.73.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 73, Mantra 12
Sukta 8.73
Rishi: Atri (probable, as the hymn repeatedly references Atraye; traditional attribution to Atri or Atris in Aśvin hymns)
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable: short refrain-like structure; exact meter requires full hymn scan)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समानं वां सजात्यं समानो बन्धुरश्विना । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
Transliteration
samānáṃ vāṃ sajā́tyaṃ samā́nó bándhur aśvinā | ánti ṣádbhūtu vāmávaḥ ||
Translation
ธรรมชาติแห่งเผ่าพันธุ์ของท่านเป็นหนึ่งเดียว สายสัมพันธ์ก็เป็นหนึ่งเดียว โอ้อัศวิน (Aśvin) ทั้งสอง ขอความเกื้อหนุนของท่านจงอยู่ใกล้ และปรากฏจริงโดยแท้
Word by Word
समानम्the same, identical
समानम्:
कर्म (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावे ‘सजात्यम्’ इत्यस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान- (प्रातिपदिक)
वाम्of you two (you two’s)
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठ्यर्थे: ‘of you two’)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सजात्यम्kinship, common birth/lineage
सजात्यम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (abstract) / Adjective (substantivized)
Rootसजात्य- (स + जाति/जात + य; प्रातिपदिक)
समानःthe same
समानः:
कर्तृ (वाक्ये ‘बन्धुः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान- (प्रातिपदिक)
बन्धुःkinsman, relation
बन्धुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु- (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two)
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (dual deity name)
Rootअश्विन्- (प्रातिपदिक; देवताद्विवचन-नाम)
अन्तिnear, in proximity
अन्ति:
अधिकारण (स्थान/निकटता-निर्देशः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ति (अव्यय)
सत्being
सत्:
क्रियाविशेषणभाव (भाव/अवस्था)
TypeParticiple
Rootअस् (धातु) → सत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृदन्त; ‘being’)
भूतुlet it be / may it become
भूतु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवःhelp, aid, protection
अवः:
कर्तृ (भूतु इत्यस्य कर्तृरूपेण: ‘your help’)
TypeNoun
Rootअवस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
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