Rig Veda 8.5.12: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 12

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Kāṇva/pragātha tradition (RV 8.5).

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: To be validated.

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्मभ्यं वाजिनीवसू मघवद्भ्यश्च सप्रथः । छर्दिर्यन्तमदाभ्यम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.5.12

Transliteration

asmábhyaṃ vājinīvasū maghávadbhyaś ca sapráthaḥ | chárdir yantám adábhyam ||

Translation

For us—and for all who are rich in the will to give—O lords of plenitude and victorious force, bring a wide sheltering peace; bring the unassailable protection that holds the being safe.

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Word by Word

• अस्मभ्यम्: to us / for us
• अस्मभ्यम्: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजिनीवसू: O Vājinīvasu (O possessor of steeds/wealth)
• वाजिनीवसू: (सम्बोधन) —
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: वाजिनी-वसु (प्रातिपदिक; वाजिनी ‘possessing steeds/strength’ + वसु ‘good/wealthy’)

• मघवद्भ्यः: to the bountiful ones / to the generous
• मघवद्भ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मघवत् (प्रातिपदिक ‘bountiful, wealthy’)

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

• सप्रथः: wide-spreading / far-extending
• सप्रथः: कर्तृ (विशेषणरूपेण स्तुत्यः/देवः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-प्रथस् (प्रातिपदिक; स- ‘well/with’ + प्रथस् ‘breadth, expanse’)

• छर्दिः: shelter / protection
• छर्दिः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: छर्दिस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘shelter, protection, covering’)

• यन्तम्: bringing / bestowing
• यन्तम्: कर्म (देवस्य विशेषणम्; ‘him who brings…’)
• Type: Verbal adjective (present participle)
• Root: यम् (धातु) → यत्/यन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त ‘going, granting/bringing’)

• अदाभ्यम्: unassailable / not to be deceived or harmed
• अदाभ्यम्: कर्म (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-दाभ्य (प्रातिपदिक; नञ् + दाभ्य ‘to be harmed/overreached’)