Rig Veda 8.9.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 9, Mantra 4

Sukta 8.9

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition

Devata: Aśvinau (with Soma/gharma as offerings)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; longer line; requires metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अयं वां घर्मो अश्विना स्तोमेन परि षिच्यते । अयं सोमो मधुमान्वाजिनीवसू येन वृत्रं चिकेतथः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.9.4

Transliteration

ayáṃ vāṃ gharmó aśvinā stómena pári sicyate | ayáṃ sómo mádhumān vājinīvasū yéna vr̥tráṃ cikétathaḥ ||

Translation

นี่คือเครื่องบูชาอันอุ่นร้อนของท่านทั้งสอง (gharmá) โอ้อัศวิน ซึ่งรินล้อมไว้ด้วยบทสรรเสริญ. นี่คือโสมะ (Soma) อันหวานดุจน้ำผึ้ง; โอ้เจ้าแห่งความอุดม (vājīnīvasū)—ด้วยสิ่งนี้ท่านทั้งสองย่อมรู้เท่าทันผู้ปกปิด วฤตระ (Vṛtra) และทำลายพันธนาการของเขา.

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Word by Word

• अयम्: this (here)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाम्: for you two / of you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• घर्मः: hot drink; heated offering (gharma)
• घर्मः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्तोमेन: with a hymn of praise
• स्तोमेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• परि: around; all around
• परि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• षिच्यते: is sprinkled / is poured over
• षिच्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु) — ‘to pour, sprinkle’

• अयम्: this (here)
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सोमः: Soma (the pressed juice)
• सोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• मधुमान्: honey-sweet; rich in sweetness
• मधुमान्: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) < मधु

• वाजिनीवसू: O you two whose wealth is prize-winning (rich in steeds/prizes)
• वाजिनीवसू: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (dual epithet)
• Root: वाजिनीवसु (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहिः) < वाजिन् + वसु

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa
• Type: Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra (the obstructor)
• वृत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• चिकेतथः: you two have perceived/recognized (have taken note of)
• चिकेतथः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित् (धातु) — ‘to perceive, notice, understand’