Rig Veda 8.5.25 — Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 25

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Kāṇva (Kanva lineage; verse cites lineage exempla)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify per edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यथा चित्कण्वमावतं प्रियमेधमुपस्तुतम् । अत्रिं शिञ्जारमश्विना ॥

Transliteration

yáthā cit kaṇvám ā́vatam priyámedham upastutám | átriṃ śiñjā́ram aśvinā ||

Translation

As you once came to the aid of Kaṇva, of Priyamedha praised in the rite, and of Atri in the pressing strait—so, O Aśvins, come now to our call with the same saving power.

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikaraṇa (manner/comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (avyaya-prātipadika)

• चित्: indeed, even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (avyaya)

• कण्वम्: Kanva (the seer)
• कण्वम्: Karma (object of ‘helped/favoured’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्व (prātipadika; proper name)

• आवतम्: you two helped / favoured
• आवतम्: Kriyā (finite verb; governs कर्म ‘कण्वम्’ etc.)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु; ‘to help, favour, protect’) + आ- (prefix)

• प्रियम्: dear, beloved
• प्रियम्: Karma (as part of object NP)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (prātipadika)

• मेधम्: Priyamedha (seer)
• मेधम्: Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेध (prātipadika; proper name/epithet ‘Medha/Medhā’; here as name Priyamedha)

• उपस्तुतम्: praised, lauded
• उपस्तुतम्: Karma (qualifier within object NP)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: उप-स्तु (धातु √स्तु ‘to praise’) → क्त (past passive participle)

• अत्रिम्: Atri (seer)
• अत्रिम्: Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’ understood)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि (prātipadika; proper name)

• शिञ्जारम्: Śiñjāra (a seer/personage)
• शिञ्जारम्: Karma (object of ‘आवतम्’ understood)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिञ्जार (prātipadika; proper name/epithet, Vedic)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins (you two)
• अश्विना: Sambodhana (addressed agents of the action)
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: अश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)