Rig Veda 8.35.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 35, Mantra 19

Sukta 8.35

Rishi: Śyāvāśva

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अत्रेरिव शृणुतं पूर्व्यस्तुतिं श्यावाश्वस्य सुन्वतो मदच्युता । सजोषसा उषसा सूर्येण चाश्विना तिरोअह्न्यम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.35.19

Transliteration

atrér iva śṛṇutaṃ pūrvyá-stutiṃ śyāvā́śvasya sunvató mada-cyutā | sajóṣasā uṣásā sū́ryeṇa cā́śvinā tiroáhnyam ||

Translation

O Aśvins, you who pour out the ecstasy, hear the ancient praise as Atri once did—this hymn of Śyāvāśva who presses Soma. In harmony with Dawn and Sun, come through the spaces of the day’s concealment and make your presence effective within us.

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Word by Word

• अत्रेः: of Atri
• अत्रेः: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: (उपमान/तुलना-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (निपात)

• शृणुतम्: hear (you two)!
• शृणुतम्: (क्रिया) — श्रोता (कर्तृ) = ‘you two’
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)

• पूर्व्यः: ancient, primeval
• पूर्व्यः: विशेषण (of कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व्य (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक < पूर्व)

• स्तुतिम्: praise, hymn
• स्तुतिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक < √स्तु)

• श्यावाश्वस्य: of Śyāvāśva
• श्यावाश्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्यावाश्व (ऋषि-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• सुन्वतः: of the Soma-presser
• सुन्वतः: विशेषण (of सम्बन्धी)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: सुन्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक < √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)

• मदच्युता: O you two who do not let intoxication/rapture fail (steadfast in exhilaration)
• मदच्युता: सम्बोधन (addressed)
• Type: Adjective (vocative epithet)
• Root: मदच्युत (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास; मद + च्युत < √च्यु)

• सजोषसा: together, in companionship
• सजोषसा: क्रियाविशेषण (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / fixed form
• Root: सजोषस् (अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-समास; सह + जोषस् ‘delight, companionship’)

• उषसा: with Uṣas (Dawn)
• उषसा: सहकारक/करण (association/instrumental: ‘with Dawn’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (देवी-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्येण: with Sūrya (the Sun)
• सूर्येण: सहकारक/करण (association/instrumental: ‘with the Sun’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (देव-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: सम्बोधन (addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्विन् (देव-नाम, प्रातिपदिक)

• तिरः: across, beyond; through
• तिरः: क्रियाविशेषण/उपपद
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिरस्/तिरः (अव्यय)

• अह्न्यम्: the daily course / the day(-space)
• अह्न्यम्: कर्म (object of an implied motion/transition with तिरः)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: अह्न्य (प्रातिपदिक < अहन् ‘day’)