Rig Veda 8.20.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 20, Mantra 23

Sukta 8.20

Rishi: Sobharī Kāṇva (traditional attribution for RV 8.20, Kāṇva lineage)

Devata: Maruts

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 8.20; verse-length and cadence align with common Marut hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मरुतो मारुतस्य न आ भेषजस्य वहता सुदानवः । यूयं सखायः सप्तयः ॥

Transliteration

marúto mārútasya na ā́ bheṣajásya vahatā su-dānavaḥ | yūyáṃ sakhāyaḥ saptáyaḥ ||

Translation

اے مروت گن، مروت طاقت سے تعلق رکھنے والی شفا بخش طاقت ہمارے پاس لاؤ؛ اے سخی دل والو، اے کام میں ساتھی, سات گنا توانائی والو, اس علاج کو ہمارے وجود میں پہنچاؤ۔

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Word by Word

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• मारुतस्य: of the Marut / Marut-born (i.e., belonging to the Maruts)
• मारुतस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Adjective (genitival qualifier)
• Root: मारुत (विशेषण/सम्बन्ध-प्रातिपदिक < मरुत्)

• नः: for us / our
• नः: सम्प्रदान (beneficiary; ‘for us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• आ: hither; forth; to
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/निपात)

• भेषजस्य: of the remedy / medicine
• भेषजस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेषज (प्रातिपदिक)

• वहता: carry (you two) / bring (you two)
• वहता: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति)

• सुदानवः: good-givers; bountiful ones
• सुदानवः: कर्तृ (apposition to मरुतः)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: सुदानु (प्रातिपदिक; सु- + दानु ‘giving’)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• सखायः: friends; companions
• सखायः: कर्तृ (apposition to यूयम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि (प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्तयः: the sevenfold band / the ‘sevens’ (epithet of the Maruts)
• सप्तयः: कर्तृ (apposition; epithet)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (Vedic epithet)
• Root: सप्ति (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic ‘company/host’, lit. ‘sevenfold/with seven’)