Rig Veda 8.5.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 3

Sukta 8.5

Rishi: Kaṇva lineage

Devata: Aśvins

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

युवाभ्यां वाजिनीवसू प्रति स्तोमा अदृक्षत । वाचं दूतो यथोहिषे ॥

Transliteration

yuvā́bhyāṃ vājínīvasū práti stómā adṛkṣata | vā́caṃ dūtó yáthóhiṣe ||

Translation

To you two, O possessors of dynamic plenitude, the hymns have looked forth in answer; as a messenger, speech comes to you, taking its seat in you.

Word by Word

• युवाभ्याम्: by you two / with you two
• युवाभ्याम्: Karaṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युव (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) < युष्मद्-द्विवचन-रूप (युवाम्)

• वाजिनीवसू: O Vājinīvasū (you two rich in prizes/wealth)
• वाजिनीवसू: (Sambodhana; not a kāraka)
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: वाजिनी-वसु (समास-प्रातिपदिक; वाजिनी ‘swift/possessing prize’ + वसु ‘good/wealth’)

• प्रति: towards / in response to
• प्रति: (Upasarga/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: प्रति

• स्तोमाः: hymns of praise
• स्तोमाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अदृक्षत: appeared / were seen
• अदृक्षत: (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (दर्शने)

• वाचम्: speech / utterance
• वाचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दूतः: a messenger
• दूतः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)

• यथा: as / like
• यथा: (Sambandha/Upamā-dyotaka)
• Type: Indeclinable (comparative particle)
• Root: यथा

• उहिषे: you convey / you bring
• उहिषे: (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहने) → उह्/ऊह् (वैदिक रूप; ‘to convey/bring’)