Rig Veda 8.59.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 59, Mantra 2

Sukta 8.59

Devata: Indra-Varuṇa (dual)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; many RV 8.59 verses are in jagatī/triṣṭubh patterns—needs metrical verification by syllable count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

निष्षिध्वरीरोषधीराप आस्तामिन्द्रावरुणा महिमानमाशत । या सिस्रतू रजसः पारे अध्वनो ययोः शत्रुर्नकिरादेव ओहते ॥

Transliteration

niṣṣídhvarīr óṣadhīr ā́pa ā́stām índrāvaruṇā mahimā́nām ā́śata | yā́ sisrátū rájasaḥ pāré ádhvano yáyoḥ śátrur nákir ā́devo óhate ||

Translation

The powers that set free (the obstructed currents)—the healing herbs and the Waters—stood firm; and Indra and Varuṇa attained their vast greatness. They moved beyond the mid-worlds, to the farther shore of the path; against them no hostile force, no undivine power, can prevail.

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Word by Word

• निः: out, forth (as preverb)
• निः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• सिध्वरीः: the flowing ones (streams/waters)
• सिध्वरीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिध्वरि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ओषधीः: plants, herbs
• ओषधीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओषधि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• आपः: waters
• आपः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• आस्ताम्: (they) two stood / took their stand
• आस्ताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था

• इन्द्रावरुणा: Indra and Varuṇa
• इन्द्रावरुणा: Kartā
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र- + वरुण- (समास)

• महिमानम्: greatness, might
• महिमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• आशत: (they) attained, reached
• आशत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अश्

• या: which (fem. pl.)
• या: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सिस्रतुः: (they) two have flowed/streamed
• सिस्रतुः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृ

• रजसः: of the space/region (mid-air)
• रजसः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पारे: on the far side, beyond
• पारे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अध्वनः: of the path/way
• अध्वनः: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• ययोः: of/for which two
• ययोः: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• शत्रुः: enemy
• शत्रुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नकिः: not anyone, no one
• नकिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नकिस्/नकिः (निपात)

• आदेवः: godless, not devoted to the gods
• आदेवः: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-देव- (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्गपूर्वक)

• ओहते: pushes aside/overcomes
• ओहते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऊह्/√वह् (वेदिक रूप: ओहते)