Rig Veda 8.34.11: Mandala 8, Sukta 34, Mantra 11

Sukta 8.34

Rishi: Kāṇva lineage (explicitly referenced: ‘kaṇvasya’)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: likely Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh-like refrain structure; exact meter not provided in input

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो याह्युपश्रुत्युक्थेषु रणया इह । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥

Transliteration

ā́ no yāhy úpaśruty uktheṣú raṇaya ihá | divó amúṣya śā́sato dívaṃ yáya divāvaso ||

Translation

Come to us, O you who listen close; in our hymns of uplift make the joy resound here. From that heaven’s commanding order, move to the luminous heaven and establish the right gladness in the human field.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither, towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• नः: of us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• याहि: come!
• याहि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थे)

• उपश्रुत्युक्थेषु: in the well-heard/attentively-heard hymns (ukthas)
• उपश्रुत्युक्थेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: उपश्रुति- + उक्थ-

• रणय: O gladdener / O giver of delight
• रणय: —
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: रणय (प्रातिपदिक; ‘आनन्द/रति/हर्ष’ भाव)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• दिवः: from heaven / of heaven
• दिवः: Apādāna (source: ‘from heaven’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ-)

• अमुष्य: of that (one)
• अमुष्य: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: असौ (दूरवाचक सर्वनाम)

• शासतॊ: of the ruler/commander
• शासतॊ: —
• Type: Participle (agentive)
• Root: शास् (अनुशासने) → शासितृ/शास (प्रातिपदिक: शासत्)

• दिवम्: heaven, the sky
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौः (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ-)

• यय: go! / proceed!
• यय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थे) → यय (वेदिक-लोट्/आज्ञार्थ-रूप)

• दिवावसो: O heaven-wealthy one / O possessor of heavenly riches
• दिवावसो: —
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: दिवावस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दिवा-वसु’ = ‘whose wealth is heavenly’ / ‘heaven-rich’)