Rig Veda 8.87.1: Mandala 8, Sukta 87, Mantra 1

Sukta 8.87

Rishi: Priyamedha (as indicated by Priyameḍhāḥ in 8.87.3; hymn attribution likely to the Priyamedhas)

Devata: Aśvins

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

द्युम्नी वां स्तोमो अश्विना क्रिविर्न सेक आ गतम् । मध्वः सुतस्य स दिवि प्रियो नरा पातं गौराविवेरिणे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.87.1

Transliteration

dyumnī vāṃ stomo aśvinā krivir na seke ā gatam | madhvaḥ sutasya sa divi priyo narā pātaṃ gaurāv iveriṇe ||

Translation

Radiant is this hymn for you, O Aśvins; like a swift sprinkling it calls you—come. Of the pressed sweetness (Soma) that is dear in heaven, O two heroes, drink—like two bright ones moving on the open field.

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Word by Word

• द्यु॒म्नी: splendour; brilliance
• द्यु॒म्नी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यु॒म्नि- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dyumní’)

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

• स्तोमः: hymn; praise
• स्तोमः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun (deity-epithet)
• Root: अश्विन्- (प्रातिपदिक; द्विवचन-सम्बोधन)

• क्रिविः: the ‘Krivi’ (name/epithet; the singer/poet)
• क्रिविः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: क्रिवि- (प्रातिपदिक; विशेषण/नाम)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निपात)

• सेकः: sprinkling; pouring (libation)
• सेकः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेक- (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• गतम्: come; arrived
• गतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √गम् (गच्छ्) + क्त (गत)

• मध्वः: of honey/sweetness
• मध्वः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु- (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुतस्य: of the pressed (Soma)
• सुतस्य: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सुत- (√सु ‘to press’ + क्त; ‘pressed’)

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्- (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• दिवि: in heaven; in the sky
• दिवि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रियः: dear; beloved
• प्रियः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नरा: O two men (Aśvins)
• नरा: (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• पातम्: drink (you two)!
• पातम्: (आह्वान-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (पिबति/पाति) (आदेश/लोट्)

• गौरौ: the two tawny/bright ones (Aśvins)
• गौरौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: गौर- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अविवेरिणे: to the unwearying/undaunted one (epithet; recipient)
• अविवेरिणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: √वीर/√वेर (विवेरि-; desiderative/intensive base) + इन् (विवेरिन्) → अविवेरिन्