Rig Veda 8.5.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 5, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.5
Rishi: Kāṇva/pragātha tradition (RV 8.5 Aśvin hymn); precise r̥ṣi attribution not resolved here.
Devata: Aśvinau
Chandas: Pragātha complex; requires metrical validation verse-wise.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ नः स्तोममुप द्रवत्तूयं श्येनेभिराशुभिः । यातमश्वेभिरश्विना ॥
Transliteration
ā́ naḥ stómam úpa dravat tū́yaṃ śyenébhir āśúbhiḥ | yā́tam aśvébhir aśvinā ||
Translation
Run swiftly toward our hymn of aspiration; come with your rapid hawks—powers of keen flight—and arrive, O Aśvins, with your horses, the forces that carry the soul forward.
Word by Word
आhither; towards
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)
नःof us; our
नः:
सम्बन्ध (possessive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun stem)
स्तोमम्hymn of praise; chant
स्तोमम्:
कर्म (object of motion/bringing)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (prātipadika)
उपnear; up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
द्रवत्let (it) run/hasten
द्रवत्:
क्रिया (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धातु) ‘to run, hasten’
तूयम्swiftly; quickly
तूयम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूयम् (avyaya; from √तू/तव् ‘to be strong/quick’ in Vedic usage)
श्येनेभिःwith falcons/hawks
श्येनेभिः:
करण (means/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootश्येन (prātipadika)
आशुभिःswift (ones)
आशुभिः:
करण (as qualifier of the instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootआशु (prātipadika)
यातम्come; go (you two)
यातम्:
क्रिया (addressed command)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु) ‘to go’
अश्वेभिःwith horses
अश्वेभिः:
करण (means: ‘with horses’)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (prātipadika)
अश्विनाO Aśvins (you two horsemen)
अश्विना:
सम्बोधन (addressee)
TypeNoun (proper/theonym)
Rootअश्विन् (prātipadika; dual deity-name)
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