Rig Veda 8.35.20: Mandala 8, Sukta 35, Mantra 20

Sukta 8.35

Rishi: Śyāvāśva

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सर्गाँ इव सृजतं सुष्टुतीरुप श्यावाश्वस्य सुन्वतो मदच्युता । सजोषसा उषसा सूर्येण चाश्विना तिरोअह्न्यम् ॥

Transliteration

sárgāṃ iva sṛjataṃ suṣṭutī́r úpa śyāvā́śvasya sunvató mada-cyutā | sajóṣasā uṣásā sū́ryeṇa cā́śvinā tiroáhnyam ||

Translation

O Aśvins who release the rapture, let well-made hymns be poured forth toward you like streaming currents—these of Śyāvāśva pressing Soma. In harmony with Dawn and Sun, move through the day’s veils and manifest your swift help.

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Word by Word

• सर्गान्: streams/emanations (things to be sent forth)
• सर्गान्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ग (प्रातिपदिक; √सृज्)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सृजतम्: release/send forth (you two)!
• सृजतम्: क्रिया (कर्तृ: अश्विनौ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (सृजति)

• सुष्टुतीः: good praises/hymns
• सुष्टुतीः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-ष्टुति (प्रातिपदिक)

• उप: towards, near
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप

• श्यावाश्वस्य: of Śyāvāśva
• श्यावाश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: श्यावाश्व (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि ‘श्यावा अश्वा यस्य’)

• सुन्वतः: of (him) pressing/soma-pressing
• सुन्वतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Participle
• Root: √सु (सुनोति) → शतृ-प्रत्यय ‘सुन्वत्’

• मदच्युता: O two who cause exhilaration (to flow)/who do not let intoxication fail
• मदच्युता: सम्बोधन
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: मद-च्युत (प्रातिपदिक; ‘मदं च्युतौ/च्यावयताम्’—epithet)

• सजोषसा: in companionship, together
• सजोषसा: करण/भाव-करण (रीति)
• Type: Adjective/Indeclinable-like compound
• Root: स-जोषस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सह जोषसा’)

• उषसा: with Dawn
• उषसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्येण: with the Sun
• सूर्येण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• तिरोअह्न्यम्: (that which is) through the day / all day long
• तिरोअह्न्यम्: कर्म/अधिकरण (काल-पर्याय: ‘through the day’)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: तिरस् + अह्न्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘day-time/diurnal’)