Rig Veda 8.5.27: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 27

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Same hymn-cycle seer as RV 8.5 (Aśvin praise tradition of Mandala 8).

Devata: Aśvinau (Nāsatyā).

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-family (needs metrical audit).

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

एतावद्वां वृषण्वसू अतो वा भूयो अश्विना । गृणन्तः सुम्नमीमहे ॥

Transliteration

etā́vad vām vṛṣaṇvasū́ áto vā bhū́yo aśvinā | gṛṇántaḥ sumnám īmahe ||

Translation

So much (we have uttered) to you, O strong-bringing Lords; and now, O Aśvins, for still more we seek—praising, we ask for your glad grace, the inward happiness that sets the being right.

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Word by Word

• एतावत्: so much; to this extent
• एतावत्: Adhikaraṇa (परिमाण-सीमा/विषय-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एतावत् (प्रातिपदिक; एतद्-आधारित परिमाणवाचक)

• वाम्: you two (to/for you two)
• वाम्: Karma (स्तुत्य-विषय/सम्बोधन-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषण्वसू: O you two rich in manly vigor/strength
• वृषण्वसू: (Sambodhana) — संबोधन
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वृषण्वसु (प्रातिपदिक; वृषण् + वसु)

• अतः: from this; thereafter
• अतः: Apādāna (प्रस्थान-बिन्दु/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय; इदम्/अदस्-आधारित)

• वा: or; alternatively
• वा: — (सम्बन्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)

• भूयः: more; further
• भूयः: Adhikaraṇa (परिमाण/अधिक्य)
• Type: Indeclinable (comparative adverb)
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक; भूरि/बहु-तुल्य ‘more’)

• अश्विना: O Aśvins
• अश्विना: (Sambodhana) — संबोधन
• Type: Noun (deity name)
• Root: अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गृणन्तः: praising; singing (we)
• गृणन्तः: Kartā (स्तुति-कर्ता ‘we praising’)
• Type: Participle
• Root: गृ (धातु) → गृणत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)

• सुम्नम्: favor; grace; good will
• सुम्नम्: Karma (ईप्सित/प्रार्थ्य वस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुम्न (प्रातिपदिक)

• ईमहे: we seek; we implore
• ईमहे: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ई (धातु ‘to seek/implore’)